what a horrible exit for dodo,probably the worst companion exit. why even write her in? i get the impression she was a late addition by a writer who didn't realise they were meant to include her at first. i like ben and polly i think! i think they should have already known each other before the start of the story though. i like the begining, it is very nice and slow in a good way. it seems like this story is meant to be a critique of nato, as wotan without the w is just the spanish/french name, otan, or it is just nato backwards. and it is this inhumane unfeeling war machine taking over europe, then the usa and then the world