I've seen it argued that Alpha was once Topher's birthday buddy, just like Sierra in the previous episode, and that's why he's so much like him - assuming that Topher's birthday buddy is modeled on Topher himself
That's an interesting guess! And Alpha using "the style" of a previous imprint to fool Ballard is quite ironical.
By the way I forgot in my post above to point out the double irony of Paul playing with Kepler like kids play with barbies, dressing him up, and thus making Alpha impersonate a doll!
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Date: 2009-05-03 05:53 pm (UTC)That's an interesting guess! And Alpha using "the style" of a previous imprint to fool Ballard is quite ironical.
By the way I forgot in my post above to point out the double irony of Paul playing with Kepler like kids play with barbies, dressing him up, and thus making Alpha impersonate a doll!