Clarith made a good point about him, though. We still don't know just how much PAL's really the one pulling the strings here. He's a computer, for one thing, and at least to my twenty-first century understanding, that makes his free will an enormous question mark.
All we know for sure is he's the point of contact between us--all of us on the audience-facing side of this mess--and the people who put all of this in motion in the first place.
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[But his smirk fades to thoughtfulness.]
Clarith made a good point about him, though. We still don't know just how much PAL's really the one pulling the strings here. He's a computer, for one thing, and at least to my twenty-first century understanding, that makes his free will an enormous question mark.
All we know for sure is he's the point of contact between us--all of us on the audience-facing side of this mess--and the people who put all of this in motion in the first place.