The book was quite clear that Nell intuited the presence of a caring entity on the other end of the scenes. She was even able to determine sometimes whether or

The book was quite clear that Nell intuited the presence of a caring entity on the other end of the scenes. She was even able to determine sometimes whether or not it was present in a specific interaction, though she didn't have a clear model for what she was sensing or why it would be sometimes absent. What are you skeptical about? How the scenario in the book would play out in real life? I mean it's sci fi we don't have nanotech either. But the text of the novel itself is very clear about the value/necessity of the nurturing actor. If you have another way to interpret the text I'm open to hearing it but the author makes it pretty unambiguous imo.