Well, I’m kind of living the phenomenon you talk about here, the high value placed on that one willing female in a spartan environment. It’s a realistic side effect to address, but I didn’t quite follow how it connected to the previous bits, aside from the leash analogy. On its own, it’s a good bit of fiction, implanting real human tendencies into a sci-fi scenario though.
Continuing the series very nicely! This is really interesting all the whole trilogy has got a cool theme thus far. First sentence: “bight” should be “bite”
I agree with THX, that with more focus on Miranda’s actual life it’s hard to connect it with the other two parts but I think you’re taking it in a fresher, more physical direction with this.
But I liked it! And I think in a series like this it’s good to have a ‘summing up’ part that can work on it’s own too. Nice job. Abby x
(I only just got the ‘Laika’ connection. I was thinking – where have I heard the name before? And then the penny dropped. Lol…long night. Awesome link!)
The last story ended with: She silenced the coms and waited ; making it the perfect place to insert some perspective. While Amanda gazes out onto THX"s wonderful scenery, I jump into her brain, she’s contemplating her current situation, how it pertains to the the lost dog, how it all started and how she’s going to handle it….I don’t think it’s confusing at all.
Abby, years ago I took an Able Bodied Seaman’s course and got licensed. Since then, I’ve almost always spell bite wrong, I like bight so much better, maybe I should get it out of my system and write a story around it and get it straight in my head.
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Abby (LoA) 
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