I always planned for the girl to be named Sky, a name the crew would come up with in reference to her having blue skin. But as a B&W book, I had concerns that the blue wouldn’t be a very obvious physical trait and she’d just look like she had darker skin. On top of that, only the covers were in color, and of the three covers to date, she only appeared on one of them. So there was only one image of her in color to actually show her blue skin prior to the name “Sky” being used. Ugh. Not a huge deal, but I’m the kind of guy who likes to set things up properly for the readers so nothing seems to come out of the blue (no pun intended!).
Anyway, I’m sure some day when I get around to coloring this story arc, my concerns about this scene will be alleviated.
It’s kind of like in Nausicaa when they talk about about the Ohmus’ eyes changing color, but it’s a black and white book – tricky stuff…