> I think she's taking her promises seriously, even when they might cost her everything. It's a sign of growing maturity.
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Especially since an episode again she decided that Al B Harper was an enemy. Normally that means she would have struck with lethal force before Al knows what happened. But since she's responsible for Griffin's safety her entire pattern of thought has changed.
It's the first time Anna has learned to be more precise and less deadly.
> > And she taught Griffin something. As for passing through solid objects, though, Lara is probably better suited to teach him about that.
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> There was some touching interaction.
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Sounds like Visionary has a babysitter. A multi-billion dollar babysitter with deadly lasers. I'm sure Drury will love that.
> I was thinking it might be something to do with the development or manufacturing process. There has to be a reason why SPUD isn't making hundreds of Anna-class androids, and cost doesn't seem to be a good enough reason for me. I'd say there must have been some unique element that made the prototype (or prototypes) possible that prohibits mass production - possibly a dark secret about illegal experimentation or use of illicit techniques.
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The spoilers box definitely has a reason this time: I've implied before that Anna's creator is dead. That would be why no more Anna's have been built - because the builder was an Al B Harper class genius, Anna is the prototype, and perhaps nobody has quite figured out yet how he did it.
Of course the question then is how did he die? Is the blood on Anna's hands or SPUD's, or some outside agent who didn't want SPUD to have a technological advantage?
> For example, Anna might have been constructed using broken down Parody Master tech like Obedience Brands. Or she might have been developed as a weapon of last resort against superheroes to be activated under certain situations (such as the murder of the President by a superhero or something). Or her creation team might have got a vital final spark from a deal with Dark Thugos.
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I picked a much simpler reason above.
Anna's body and systems are constructed much the same way Yuki's are, with a few modifications, and a few improvements that are natural in an organization with an unlimited budget. The real treasure is the brain.
It also raises questions. Nobody really is sure if her brain was intended to work that way, especially since in a military environment a robot or android that obeys is more important than one that can make important ethical decisions on its own. It may be a malfunction, or the creator may have disobeyed orders to pursue his own agenda.
> Relevant to this are two elements of her history: 1. We've never seen the shadowy tech-division that created Anna again, so they've either dropped out of SPUD or been supressed by Drury. 2. The level of response that SPUD made to Anna's escape was proportionately quite high for one rogue metahuman, suggesting the need for either a cover-up or a rapid containment of a major threat.
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The tech division that created Anna had its equipment physically destroyed by her during her escape. After that, I presume they either went underground or had their budget cut off because of that embarrassing incident.
And yes, the extreme response was most likely to cover up the existence of Anna. The only reason Drury allowed the Lair Legion to take her in is most likely because their fairly secretive, so Anna won't get out into the public anyhow. And because he's afraid of a confrontation with them while SPUD's own secret weapon is against them.
> > Looks like things are turning around for the group. They still can't get out, yet, though, without that last missing piece: Liu Xi. Or the lighthouse, but it could be an eternity before that goes where it's supposed to, so that's not terribly reliable (unless it has that system of dials in the basement still).
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> The other thing that's missing is an understanding of why the Land That Common Sense Forgot is still there.
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Maybe Liu Xi will figure that out.
