Been waiting for him and Lili to meet again. Really hoping she'll help him work this out. But yeah, he's definitely made that less of a natural response. He must look like an absolute fright as well, making her wonder if he's 'safe' or too mentally unstable as a virtual stranger to be assumed safe.
It warms and breaks my heart when readers say they're rooting for him and Lili at the start. So am I! But with my "reader hat" on, I also care about her too much to want her to fix him. She doesn't deserve that kind of baggage.
Been waiting for him and Lili to meet again. Really hoping she'll help him work this out. But yeah, he's definitely made that less of a natural response. He must look like an absolute fright as well, making her wonder if he's 'safe' or too mentally unstable as a virtual stranger to be assumed safe.
It warms and breaks my heart when readers say they're rooting for him and Lili at the start. So am I! But with my "reader hat" on, I also care about her too much to want her to fix him. She doesn't deserve that kind of baggage.
I hear you. Also, it would have made it a very different book and perhaps the way you did it was more aligned with what you wanted to achieve.