In any event, what Red Line believes to be true isn't necessarily so. One other major character is in the know, and another has long since worked it out.

Good question! I don't know if I have, to be honest, but I built layers of deception into the character and setting. I want you to believe certain things about them, which drop by drop will turn out to be wrong. The revealed truth - and it will is revealed - catches other characters out.

Late reply, but hi! How's it going?

Finished Adrian Tchaikovsky's Bear Head last night. I'll be starting Five Decembers by James Kestrel tonight.

GenAI does not know. It does not experience. It does not see. It does not feel. All it can do is imitate. In order to truly create, you need a heart, a mind, a soul.
GenAI has none of these and it will never tell a story that resonates.