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   Standing in the dark, rainy shadows of a city alleyway, I spied the   
   Replicant Gnomus covertly transmitting a message to renegade friends   
   in alt.fan.blade-runner.  Tracking...   
      
      
   >snip!   
      
   >I think having Rachel living in the building and never having gone   
   >outside is a bit a stretch, Net.   
      
   Perhaps, but I think worth considering.   
      
   >  Although the idea of implanted   
   >memories does cover one potential problem:  when Deckard invites her to   
   >Taffey Lewis's place, she says, "That's not my kind of place."  She has   
   >some knowledge of it.   
      
   Yes.  It doesn't imply a memory of actually being there, but knowledge   
   of what kind of place it is (and perhaps the whole area).  I would   
   think a relatively simple implant - would make her not want to ever go   
   to this crowded place where she is less easy to monitor - without an   
   overriding reason.   
      
   >But she's not Tyrell's niece; she only has some of her memories, so   
   >there's no reason for him to go out of his way to provide for her.  Do   
   >you really think the rest of the proles share the place with the big   
   >man?   
      
   No, she is not his niece, but she is being led to believe she is ...   
   what exactly?  Certainly some special relationship.  Also, That   
   building is absolutely ginormous - there is certainly scope to have   
   apartments in part of it, shopping, restaurants, etc.   
      
   >Also, she doesn't just go off-leash once, but twice.  The first right   
   >after the VK test and subsequent Tyrell's rejection to see her.  That   
   >one doesn't seem to trigger any alarms, tighter security, etc.   
      
   Ah.  But under the scenario presented, it is certainly possible that   
   the first time, she did not actually go "off-leash" - she might still   
   have been closely monitored.   
      
   >Your explanation for the timing of Rachel leaving and Bryant getting   
   >word works though, you slippery bugger!   
      
   I try.   
      
   Netrunner   
      
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