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Joseph himself is beginning a transformation. He has been a loyal Company man for centuries, acting role after role and seeing all things as temporary. By the end of the novel it is clear that he regards Mendoza as a daughter in fact, not someone playing that role for the Company. This affects how he will react to future events.

A theme introduced here, and recurring in the later stories, is dislike of religious fervor in all its forms, from oppressive establishments to messianic cults and even, later, to fanatic pursuit of vegetarianism, abstinence, and so-called animals'animal rights'. As ephemeral as they may seem, love and personal loyalty are the only eternal values.

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