Date: April 04 2008 9:33 PM Title: Chapter 3
"My name is Ludmila and I speak some English."
Ludmila surprised herself with her bravery. She had spent a few years of her life living in the U.K. and there she picked up much of the language. She looked into the eyes of the black woman which were roughly equal to her own. Ludmila stood 5'10" and was well built herself. The black woman put her hands on her hips and laughed in her face, "How dare you make direct eye contact with me,
I feel like there's something missing in this chapter. I mean, Ludmila just comes out of the crowd to say she speaks English and then all of a sudden a fight breaks out. I didn't see anything in the eye contact being hostile or you seemed to have left that part out.
I thought Luchanda wanted to communicate with the people, not pick out a fight with the next person that tries to talk to her.
Author's Response: Well, think about the sort of personality a person would have for them to be drawn to become a bounty hunter or a similar occupation. There are people who enjoy fighting and killing, and they look for any excuse (or make one up) for that to happen. It is certainly more common among men, but there are violent women who enjoy fighting and killing. In this story, the GTS is just such a woman.