Reviewer: MrSirk Signed 
Date: October 10 2014
Title: Chapter 8: Chapter 8
This chapter gives me a lot of questions I'm not sure have been answered yet so here I go!
1. What's the legal age for men to become healers and what's this draft? It sounds mandatory are there legal reprocussions if a man refuses?
2. Do men go to school? I think you might have answered this but I'm not sure. Ash seems pretty smart and he does have a job. I just wonder how security works for young boys at school it seems they would be at very high abduction risks for women who are willing to wait a few years.
3. What's the lifespan of a man compared to ascended women? Luna may have to come to terms with severly out living Ash.
4. Why is Regan so against Ash having ice cream? I mean come on?!
5. Are there men not monitored by the system? It seems pretty totalitarian and I know I would not be on board for any of that shit. How has Ash not snapped yet? [I know the answers Luna :) ]
6. Where does male homosexuality fall on all this? I know it's not very likely in this society but still possible and I worry for the gay man a little.
That's enough for now I broke my promise and did another long post. I only ask these questions because you're doing such a good job world building it's becoming more fleshed out which only leads to more questions.
Author's Response: I can only answer based on information provided in the story thus far:
1. "it required a Healer, a male within three to four years of the recipient. The male had to be at least twenty-two years old, the age when the dormant virus activated." So we can assume 22 is the legal age. Younger males lack the active form of the Ascension virus. As for second question, we're not sure. We can speculate based on similar situations in our world: Penalties for failing to register for the military draft (i.e., Vietnam War) included 10 years in prison and up to $25,000 in fines.
2. Yes. Ash attended college as mentioned in chapter 1. In chapter 3, Jamie mentions 4 boys at her school. As for security, I imagine it has escalated over the years. Ash mentions he "sat beside the teacher for protection, never attended recess"
3. Good question. Hopefully we'll find out.
4. Lol. Refined sugar is bad for your health. Either that, or she took her job as Guardian too seriously. :)
5. Another good question. We don't have an answer but we know some things. There are very few men compared to women (1% estimate). Also, Ascended women have natural, easily accessible, methods of seducing men. Ash hasn't snapped because he loves Luna. As for other men...so far we've only met Harold. :)
6. The Procreation Edict requires marriage, and although the story didn't specify heterosexual marriage, it seems unlikely two men could marry each other (exclusively) in this universe. I'm just speculating. I could be wrong.
Great questions, and thanks for the review!
