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Trillian discovers that Zaphod may be the more superficially exciting choice, but Arthur is the man who truly cares about her, Arthur commenting when he is about to have his head cut open by the mice that his feelings for
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remaining in the universe, after Earth's demolition. This idea was scrapped after the "making of" book was written, and the scene revealing
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artificial universe within the Guide offices. In the books, which the third, fourth and fifth series follow, she saves the universe from the
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