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Good job, NW. The story was well-written, and the male/female POV switch made an excellent trope. Do you have any plans for more stories about 'an agent in an exceptionally tough field?'

-The N Storm

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trope (trōp)
n
   trope, a figure of speech, especially one that uses words in senses beyond their literal meanings. The theory of rhetoric has involved several disputed attempts to clarify the distinction between tropes (or ‘figures of thought’) and schemes (or ‘figures of speech’). The most generally agreed distinction in modern theory is that tropes change the meanings of words, by a ‘turn’ of sense, whereas schemes merely rearrange their normal order. The major figures that are agreed upon as being tropes are metaphor, simile, metonymy, synecdoche, irony, personification, and hyperbole; litotes and periphrasis are also sometimes called tropes. The figurative sense of a word is sometimes called its tropological sense, tropology being the study of tropes. In a second sense, the term was applied in the Middle Ages to certain additional passages introduced into church services. The most important of these, the quem quaeritis trope in the Easter Introit, is thought to have been the origin of liturgical drama.

"trope." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford University Press, 2001, 2004. Answers.com 07 Aug. 2007. *http://www.answers.com/topic/trope

I meant that in reading the story, the perceptions and thoughts of Alex are well built up to convey without cementing her gender. In the end, when she turns out to be a woman, the reader must go back to the story and think about certain spots- spots I haven't looked at because, though it hasn't been long since you posted, I only read through quickly and commented about what stuck with me. I'll get to a more in-depth reading in a bit. Good trope .

If you ever need a second proofreader for incomplete stuff I can lend a hand. (By the bye it'll help alleviate some of the suspense from your series works.) You shouldn't have too much trouble getting published, it just takes time and more time... and more time.

Good job and good luck,

-The N Storm

"What do you read, my lord?"
"Words, words words!"

-The N Storm

Good story with a nice ending. Good job!

(posted from Chapter 1)