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a former spotter's uniform clothes the collie lady, and with fish stew served, the scandi asks about her origins
she reveals her ancestry as a british islander but refuses to elaborate on how or why she was captured and taken across the north sea
despite offering the bed, the night ends with her staring at the stove, eventually sleeping, along with the scandi grieving the loss of his woman, an arctic fox like him
in the morning, they venture out of the bunker
my main curiosities are regarding her hesitation when asked about her capture. I presume it is to avoid remembering bad memories, though it also makes me wonder why her small village was targeted in particular... something special either about her, or her connections with the people she lived with, assuming she's not an anti social personality
a spotter that no longer wears his uniform... dead? or elsewhere?
the loss of a close relationship can hurt.. whatever happened to his woman, I wonder if it will affect how attached and protective he will be to the collie lady, or even if it could affect his judgement later on as emotions supersede rationality
the plain question of, where are they heading towards as they leave the bunker?
some other thoughts: the darkness of the night is capable of hiding the stove's smoke plumes, but if they are presumably being hunted down, then cooking during the day would have likely outed their location
the presence of the gas mask is interesting... presumably will be useless if they only spend their time in open air, but potentially could change everything with underground warfare... could just be nothing, but it's amusing to think of the gas mask alike to Chekhov's gun
I think avoiding lore dumps so far has been good... letting one's imagination run wild is far stronger than answering questions outright and giving definitive answers that kill imagination
I'm curious regarding message you intend to deliver or make readers think of... heroism seems to be the clear theme, though every interesting story always makes some sort of indirect commentary about a topic
a possible idea is showing that nothing is black-and-white in the real world... nothing is purely good or purely evil, and everything has both their good and bad sides, and likewise, every good character has their fatal flaw... the traits that one must grow out of lest they succumb to it and lose everything
a good story makes you think... makes you feel
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