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"Oh, the Paranoid Android," he said. "Yeah, we'll take him."
— Douglas Adams
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker recognises the name Paranoid Android and, with little fuss, accepts him: yes, they will take him. The exchange is brief and casual, and much of its humour rests on the name itself, which sounds like a suspicious machine being agreeably taken along.
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