Arieal asked Eve Silver:

I have another question: why the names MIki and Jackson? i love the names, i just want to know y thank you!!

Eve Silver Miki has Japanese heritage and I wanted to honor that heritage. I chose her name because when I was investigating possibilities, I read name backgrounds and meanings and one thing I read was that a girl named Miki would be a keeper of secrets (and in the book Miki must keep many secrets), that she would possess a profound sense of friendship (and Miki does—she stays true to her friendship with Carly even when Carly isn't being very kind to her). Also, her name means "beautiful" "chronicle" and I felt that she is beautiful on the inside and also that she is a chronicle of the events of the game and the Drau invasion because the entire story is told from her point of view, chronicling events as they occur.

When I did some research deeper than just name meaning...looking into sites that describe a personality based on a name, then Jackson came up as someone who is very blunt when he speaks, who is very independent, someone who appears cool and aloof even though he really isn't, and all these personality traits fits my character.

When I start a story, I never know the characters' names. Not in the beginning. But slowly, as the story unfolds, the characters reveal their names to me as I get to know them.

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