Avia and Miles Lovelock Series Character Inteviews
Avia from the Lovelock Series
Q: You don’t have a big role in Lovelock Ones. How did you get sucked into Torch?
A: No, I was just Jema’s best friend. Somehow able to escape Navy brat life, we’ve been friends since grade school. After the flu outbreak and Jema disappeared, they started training us to be soldiers. I was sent to find Jema and Troy.
Q: What was your life before the flu outbreak like? What is it like now?
A: I don’t really like thinking about then and now. I was a cheerleader and had tons of friends. Jema probably doesn’t miss school that much, but the isolation of being a soldier is grueling. Plus, they killed all our friends, so it’s just Jema, Troy, Miles, and me.
Q: So you’re just in this because you didn’t have a choice?
A: At first I was. Now I’m going to make sure our friends lives, the lives that were taken from them, matter.
Q: How are you going to make sure they’re not forgotten.
A: We’re going to destroy the government that killed them.
Miles from the Lovelock Series
Q: How long have you known Jema and Troy?
A: I didn’t really know Jema at school. Maybe I’d seen her once, but never noticed her. She was a Freshman so didn’t register with me. Troy and I are upcoming seniors and have been friends since Freshman year football tryouts. He’s plays quarter back and I play receiver. We make a good team.
Q: What is Troy like?
A: On the surface he seems to be a walk the straight kind of guy. His dad thought we would follow in his footsteps. But Troy wanted to fly commercial planes, like chartered jets. He figured that way he would see more of the world than on a ship.
Q: How did you get involved with Jema and Troy’s mission?
A: As soon as Troy left, I started trying to figure out what happened. Then they recruited us and started training us. We had no clue what for, but I figured with Troy’s dad in charge, it would lead me to Troy. I know Troy thought I’d never stick around for something like that. But he is part of my team, my unit. I couldn’t just leave him out there alone, especially after they put a price on his head.
Q: Is that why you stay, to help Troy?
A: Yes, and no. The new UNS government, if you can call it that, led by Jema’s Uncle killed our friends. That is not what our country can be about, not who should be leading us.