Thinking

I haven't yet decided on some things, but writing it out will help me:

- How does Hitomi and Van see each other while they were apart? Is it actual communication? Is it a vision? Is it images that they can send each other by their thoughts? Is it only their imagination, and there's no actual communication at all? I'm sort of leaning toward the last one (her image of Van on a rock might be any of the three), but perhaps it doesn't need to be defined at all.

- The first conflict over her pendant is in ch 2 (this was what I added to ch 2 that made the chapter better). Revelation of the mystery is in ch 12. Is that too far apart? Do I need to give little hints and details in between?

- It's highly ironic that I'm trying to write politics' mysteries and convolutions for the overall plot while I never followed it in my life... Maybe I should change it to something I actually know about >o<

- How would Van show his wings? He obviously values it for its functionality, but there's so much feelings attached to its use--common perception of its curse, Goau and Varie's marriage, Varie's instructions to Van, Merle and Hitomi's acceptance, Folken's black wings, etc.--that I can't imagine the decision to bare it is trivial. But I want to create a circumstance, that instead of being forced to use it in the time of greatest need, Van decides to show it for its emotional purpose. What should it be, and who should see it? Should I tell it from Van, to show his thoughts as he makes the decision, or from Hitomi, to show her understanding of his decision? Perhaps the latter; it sounds more fun.