Interview time: Mira!

Welcome to the second character interview from the cast of Hench! I managed to keep my promise to be semi-consistent, which means I feel damn proud. Hope y’all enjoy another look at one of the colorful character from the novel.

“Today we’ll have an opportunity to talk with Mira the demifiend; a terrible and powerful monster who menaces the main characters of the book.” I motion towards an ash-gray skinned woman who had black horns on the side of her head, bright red hair, and eyes that glowed orange.

Mira tugged at the hem of her turquoise dress and averted her eyes. “Ah… I don’t do much menacing I’d say. Honestly, I think I apologize more than menace.”

“That may be the case, but you certainly look menacing. You’re the tallest person in the story, and the only one with horns and glowing eyes.”

Giving a strained smile, she nodded. “Yeah, I guess I should thank you and take that as a compliment. I spent some time training myself to look more fearsome and threatening. Honestly, it wasn’t my intention to appear mean-looking, but I guess I’m good at it.”

I lean back in my chair and scratch my chin. “That’s interesting; as a monster I would have expected you to enjoy being feared. I guess my assumptions were unfounded. So, what is it like to be a demifiend?”

“Eh heh heh,” she made a sound that was a hybrid between a cough and a laugh. “I don’t know; what’s it like to be a human?”

“Touché,” I say in response. “I guess the question somewhat vague. I’m more asking what can you do that a human can’t.”

She held out her hand and it promptly caught on fire. Despite her hand burning like a torch, she didn’t appear the least bit hurt by the flames. “I do fire things. Being a demifiend means heat doesn’t hurt me and I’m a bit stronger than other people.” Shaking her hand, she extinguished the fire. “Other than that, I’d like to consider myself more of less normal.”

“Interesting,” I say while nodding. “So what do you consider the best part of the story for you?”

Leaning forward, she puts her chin in her hand and appears to consider the question. “That’s a hard question; I want to say the confections are the best part,” she said with a mischievous glint in her eyes.

I furrow my brow at her. “Wait, of all the things in the story, it’s the sweets you like best?”

A smile lit her face, revealing four sharp fangs among her toothy grin. “I really like sweets. But I guess even though I love me some sugary stuff, the best part of the story is really the people who give me the sweets; my friends. I got to meet some truly terrific people over the course of this tale.”

Nodding, I flip over my notes. “If the people and confections are the best part what’s the worst. What did you find to be the most difficult part of the story?”

“The people,” Mira said with a distant look in her eyes. “While I got to meet some great people; I also had to deal with some very bad people too, people who were filled with hatred and prejudice. I think I only was able to deal with those people with the help of my friends.”

“Sounds like it got very ugly at times then, I’m glad you were able to deal with it,” I said. “We’re wrapping up here, but I’ve got one last question before we go. What do you think readers should know about the story?”

She chewed on her lip for a moment before answering. “I guess I’d like people to know that everyone has a story. It’s easy to ignore people or assume they’re what you want them to be, but everyone has their own circumstances to deal with.”

“Very open minded of you.” I hold out my hand and shake hands with her. “Mira, it’s been a pleasure to talk with you today.” Her hand is remarkably warm and strong in my hand, but her demeanor is overwhelmingly friendly.

“Thank you for the opportunity to talk with you and the readers.”

“That’s all the time we have today folks! Please join us next time when we get to talk to Lissa the little. I’m sure it’ll be a mind-opening experience.”