Rome was too weird

When I first started VIRUS 5 which later became Rome's Revolution, I originally had a little story about Rome being selected for first contact. However, in this story, she was too Vuduri and was able to decouple her consciousness and send it out via the Overmind to a remote location.

I didn't like that and so I removed it. I wanted Rome to be more like a regular human, given her mixed background, who acted like a good Vuduri so she could fit in. She knew how to speak because of her father. She understood the concept of love even though she appeared to reject it.

In the original story, the Vuduri did not sleep. In the current version, they do. I like the idea that Rei and Rome could fashion a system that we could relate to. This meant after they used the bands, she was able to fall asleep. If I had kept in the little intro, she would not have.

I like Rome and I want her growth and development into a somewhat normal (to us) human being to be relatable.