PersonalWit

Yes. But it's more fun to me to see what happens with two that are different.

I know. I'm sorry for not being clear, I was talking about in general, not this case specifically. Never do the expected.

Well, you don't become stronger than everyone else by doing the things that everyone else does.

Thank you so much. I would definitely appreciate talking to you on Discord, and I love that idea. I've always been interested in a character like that myself.

Kane was always meant to be a bit of a wild card. He has a lot of power, but also often doesn't get involved in conflicts, so she has learned to be wary around him. Add that to the fact that they're a relatively new pair, and that he's a bit rebellious, as well as better than she is at pretty much everything she was taught she should be able to do, and you can start to see why she is so nervous of him. It makes for an interesting dynamic, and I look forward to writing more of it. Thank you for the question!

My process was that she felt threatened by him, because she didn't want him to take her knife. She loves her weapons and tries to treat them with respect, so she hates the idea of one being used to chop up trees like a common axe. She is used to giving orders, and so has a voice, as many do, that she uses when giving orders. That's the tone came from. Actually, it wasn't the apocalypse at all that made her this guarded, but Kane. She is directly in command of him, and he understands her much more than her previous guardians did, but he still sometimes makes her feel like things are out of her control, just because of the way he carries himself. His confidence is making her less confident, you might say. She was reacting to the situation around her when before she had been thinking, which was why she was spinning the knife. It's like how people fidget when thinking, except she does it with a very sharp object. I hope that you appreciate my answer, and I sincerely thank you for the feedback. In the future I will try to make the transitions seem more natural, and the motivations more clear. Looking back at it, I clearly understand your point, and although I was able to inform you separately from the book, that information should be contained, or at the very least heavily implied, by the book itself in the surrounding context. I apologize, and I will attempt to prevent this mistake in the future.

The best place would probably be Discord.

Thank you so much for your interest and the compliment! To your question, Discord is the best place for me to communicate, but if you would prefer something else we can certainly sort that out.

Hey. I was going to say that. But at least I can add this.