@Erasingmachine---Make it about this character, this book, and forget 2 and 3 for the moment. They'll follow with the major arc that isn't -quite- concluded. But there needs to be an arc for just book 1 and the characters in it. ---She makes those decidions in book 1. The problem is in laying it out for the assignment for this nanowrimo and i'ts book 2-The decisions Brandiwyn is wanting me to have I can mention again in book 2 but they were made in book 1. Will that be sufficient? The MC already knows they are alien, she is part alien herself. The problem is how to answer the questions put forth or that days assignment. thanks for answering.