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Character study - Dad

Daniel Harken (16) is a gruff and dishevelled professor type about to hit forty. He is an academic expert on computer security. He has served time for computer intrusion and has passed on the hacker spirit grudgingly to his daughter Blake.

Dad is not a good parent. His grumpy demeanor and ill-temper have alienated him from his wife and daughter. At home he hides away in his study, burying himself in academic and activist interests. Despite their shared affinity for virtual worlds, he has never been able to communicate properly with Blake as a teenager. He knows he should try harder but he hasn't. While other little girls had a dollhouse made for them by their daddy Blake got a virtual world.