DADES Chapters 10 and 11

i just finished reading, and, wow. a lot happened. crams brought rick to the new police dept., and he met officer garland, and bounty hunter, phil resch. garland turns out to be an android, and on rick's list. phil is also an android, but doesnt know it. phil kills garland, and rick covers up so phil doesnt find out he is also an android. phil then sneaks out rick, and they get in the hovercar to kill luft. phil suspects that he is an android, and rick tries to calm him down. they discuss phils pet squirrel, and then the chapter ends.

the smallest of issues i would like to ponder is why this was two chapters. they seem to flow naturally together. chapter 10 ends kinda abruptly, and 11 picks up mid conversation just where 10 left off. im sure it means nothing, but its interesting to ask why.

it seems that there is another precinct devoted entirely to androids. virtually all of my predictions from last chapter were shut down, and although a lot happened, it was all pretty simple, but still not what you would expect. i do not think that rick is an android, but i do think that PKD made the suggestion that he is one is important. it suggests that there isnt much different between andys and humans. in chapter 11, phil notes that he loves his pet squirrel. LOVES. now, if he truly does love buffy the squirrel, then maybe his model of andys can feel love. or, his model was programmed naturally to adapt to its surroundings, and if everyone else loves animals, he should too.

and if androids are just like humans, then that means that rick is just a mere killer. i find it kinda funny, and ironic that mercerism says to kill the killers. if you kill someone who is unjust, arent you a killer yourself? sure, that person was bad, and they had it coming to them, but you are still a killer. this raises the issue of the death penalty. is killing of bad people just?