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And I really love the freedom that it allows us and how it opens up so many doors to

that we are tired of opening, usually.

I think it was very important for me to walk the line between human and not human.

But for her to be human enough for her to explore power dynamics and relationships that everyone goes through, because while Anisak will take it to the extreme, there are

how much the power dynamic is skewed to one side, how one side is actually responsible literally for someone else's life.

I think every relationship has its own type of power imbalance.

It's never 50-50.

It's not ever perfect, not consistently, not in the long run.

And

I really wanted to explore that, what happened there and what happens when you take it to the extreme.

And because of that, it was very important for Day to be human or as human as possible in the way the interaction affect her, in the feelings it creates, even if her starting point is very different.

Yes.

And I think much of what the book deals with is the question of like where the line of consent goes.

How much can you stretch it before you're on the wrong side?

And how delicate it is sometimes.

Because Rory is aware that in theory, she is supposed not to be able to say no.

But he still manages to convince himself that it doesn't apply.

At first, because his sister is the creator.

So she can say no to his sister, not to him.

And later, because she's his best friend.