Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-107.170.125.15-20141207182549/@comment-73.42.187.52-20141207192542

well... I would say that if neo ends up a cookie cutter bad guy or someone they keep in only a very few episodes(like Jaws from 007), then no. However if RT ends up making her switch sides or do anything like serious character development... then that girl needs a voice.

When I mention Jaws a key difference that makes neo remaining mute a challenge is that she is so based on subtlety and illusions whereas Jaws was somewhat...not subtle. Because of Neo's reliance on illusions the only way anyone of the main characters would ever trust her would likely require more explanation than could be covered with gestures and notes.

While I do not see her getting much in the way of overall development her illusory nature leads me to believe some kind of deception/infiltration storyline for her is imminent(whether she is bad/good deceiving the other I don't think we will know for awhile).

In short RT will likely have reasons for needing a VA we cannot at this time know.