Predictions

Rick and Isidore are going to have to meet in the near future, because PKD can't have two separate stories going on and not have them intersect at some point. They already have in a way since Isidore is friends with Pris who is actually Rachael Rosen. It will be a huge deal when Isidore and Rick finally meet because Rick will see Rachael again. He never ended up calling her back after she had offered her help to catch and retire the androids.

When Rick and Pris finally meet again he will be faced with a problem of whether or not to "retire" Pris and her two friends. He's already beginning to feel empathy towards female androids so it makes sense that the author will throw in a curve ball for Rick.

The empathy that he is feeling towards some androids follows the theme of the line between humans and andys is being blurred even further. He feels the same way about Luba as if she was a normal human female. Resch seems to think that it's normal and okay for Rick to feel this way about female androids and his advice to Rick was to sleep with "it" then "retire it". Rick questions his ability as a bounty hunter. I think he will continue to question this about himself as the book goes on.