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The worst part about this: he will, too. gonk

Gendou: I continue to be amazed at the depth of character and story, the complexity of your characters and your storyline. Your tone is excellent, hinting at directions of thought the readers may not have followed on their own and (obviously) inciting us to think about all the angles until we're all dizzy with excitement and possibilities. It makes me a bit curious to know how much you thrive on our arguements to continue the plot. ninja heart Do your readers give you ideas for further plot twists with their speculation?

An additional note: it's gotten to the point where, when there's a new chapter up, whoever finds it first around this apartment announces it to the other and we sit and read it together. heart And then talk about it. You're doing wonderfully, Gen. Keep it up!! heart 3nodding

Oh, poor Gendou... (not the author... though you'd probably guess that) and poor Jillian. They're both so wounded. I have a thoroughly irrational desire to snuggle both of them. sweatdrop

I wonder if this is how Gendou meets Rene, though, having to ask a girl to the dance... or was that why he approached Jillian? *slips Jillian a notebook under the table* ninja It probably helped she was alone, actually... though the rejection he felt must have been awful.

I'd love to know more about the histories and awakenings of the older generation. It looks like Meghan's (and maybe Ephraim) are the only two "AS is stupid" figures among the higher ups, which for Rowan makes sense - she was trained to be an assassin as a child, right? A certain amount of contempt for her targets (mostly human, it appears) is reasonable, given the circumstances of her raising. I wonder about Laura and Hammond, though... and I'm still curious as to the circumstances of Wyndi being attacked (but that's pure self indulgence) and the contrast between the Betas, who have families and go home on holidays, and the alphas, who appear to be completely cut off from society.

It makes an interesting contrast in more ways than one... without love for non-abberants, being able to dislike them is easier, but you have this whole crop of individuals who still have that connection. I can't see most of the Betas being ok with anything that could kill their families. It also brings up interesting issues if the line between beta and alpha was so fluid; it's a psisiological fact that people exntend themselves when under extreme emotional stress; could battle between alpha and beta with the beta protecting a loved on lead to the beta effectively becoming an alpha? The stress on rating obscures how trivial the difference likely is.

Of course, we're mostly seeing things from the Alpha side of the fence... I'd love to see more from the beta side, but that's probably asking a bit much.

Honestly, the US culture seems a lot less hostile than the one in most super power setups... but didn't Meghan say that part of the problm was their stressing how dangerous abberants were so they could get reports on them and have them turned in?

Sort of a "you made your bed, now lie in it sucker," sort of situation, only the previous generation made the bed.

Very intrieging, Gendou. Thanks!

heart heart I couldn't wait. I was gonna wait until Ian was home from work, but I just couldn't stand it. Had to read it now. heart heart

What comes to mind immediately is how handy an ability that automatically targets the inherent weakness of the opponent would be. Chaotic and utterly unpredictible from one opponent to the next, but if she can sense, maybe subconsciously, what will do the most damage and that's what results in her chaos...

...she just needs an opponent deathly allergic to fish now. 3nodding heart

It's interesting to see who is paired with whom and how they react to the conflict. A lot of people seem to have real inferiority complexes about there abilities... it makes it much more interesting.

I wonder if there's ever going to be a weather alpha. ^_^ You could combine wind and water and electricity to make something like it, I suppose.

Something that just occured - Cal, the SA kid, has really internalized the alpha/beta split; he referred to his abilities as "useless." Could that be a side effect of SA? If aberrants are superior to humans that implies a hierarchy even within aberrants.

Someone who could see past that to what people CAN do instead of what they CAN'T would be very useful.

And -THIS- is the most dangerous blunder perpetrated so far.

Forcing Rene into conflict without understanding (much less control) her abilities, while gendou's fragile psyche receives several harsh blows. They left the battle mortally afraid of each other. And both have an insane capacity for destruction.

Well what's that now? xd