[Aadi] \u00a0That is so cool. What’s God like?<\/p>\n
[Tabris stares at me blankly]\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n [Aadi] Okay, so what part do you play in the story?<\/p>\n [Tabris] I\u2019m the main character, and when the story opens up, I\u2019ve already done the worst thing I\u2019ll ever do. At least, I hope it\u2019s the worst thing.<\/strong><\/p>\n [Aadi] \u00a0How would you describe your book?<\/p>\n [Tabris] The Wrong Enemy is about what happens after an angel does the unthinkable. As such, you\u2019d probably call it \u201cfantasy\u201d because you can\u2019t see and talk to angels on a regular basis, but for me, it\u2019s realism of the most realistic sort. There\u2019s some spiritual warfare because the demons hate humanity and will do anything possible to harm them. But there\u2019s also a lot of interpersonal relationships going on between the different angels, and there\u2019s a lot of spiritual growth that needs to take place in my relationship with God.<\/strong><\/p>\n [Aadi] \u00a0What\u2019s the most important thing in your life right now?<\/p>\n [Tabris] Elizabeth. Hands-down. She\u2019s a ten year old girl I\u2019ve been assigned to protect as her secondary guardian angel, even though my first guardianship was a total disaster. I didn\u2019t want to like her. I figured if I got attached to her, it would only be worse for her and for me. But I do. I love her, and I\u2019m so scared of what\u2019s about to happen next.<\/strong><\/p>\n [Aadi] \u00a0Tell me about where you live? Who do you live with?<\/p>\n [Tabris] I live in Vermont with Elizabeth\u2019s family and all their guardian angels. There are a lot of us, and it feels as if everyone is in everyone else\u2019s business. Plus, most of the other household guardians don\u2019t even want me around. But my longtime friend Mithra is there, and I\u2019ve made really good friends with an Archangel named Miriael who\u2019s guarding Elizabeth\u2019s brother and used to be part of the Archangel Michael\u2019s \u201cspecial ops\u201d team. He and I spar with swords on a regular basis, and that\u2019s a blast.<\/strong><\/p>\n [Mischa] Sparring with swords? That would be amazing to try.<\/p>\n [Aadi] \u00a0What do you hope nobody ever finds out about you?<\/p>\n [Tabris] Everyone already KNOWS the worst stuff about me. I walk into a room and everyone turns and stares. And although they try to be subtle about it, the other guardian angels try to slip themselves between me and their charges. Imagine your darkest secret ever, and then imagine it\u2019s on billboards all over town so that whenever you go out your front door, people recognize you and know it without knowing anything else about you. That\u2019s my life.<\/strong><\/p>\n [Aadi] \u00a0What do you like or dislike about the other characters from your book?<\/p>\n [Tabris] Rachmiel is Elizabeth\u2019s other guardian angel. He\u2019s great but he drives me nuts. He wants to get to know me and be soothing and supportive and at the same time, I know he doesn\u2019t like me. He wants to pry into every little detail of everything I\u2019m feeling. Just leave me alone for crying out loud. It\u2019s bad enough that we\u2019re stuck together in this job. At the very least we should give each other space.<\/strong><\/p>\n [Aadi] \u00a0What’s the worst thing you’ve done to someone?<\/p>\n [Tabris] My first charge was a boy named Sebastian. I\u2026. I just shouldn\u2019t have done what I did to him. I\u2019m sorry. I miss him so much, and he\u2019s never going to forgive me.<\/strong><\/p>\n [Aadi] \u00a0What type of places do you hang out in?<\/p>\n [Tabris] There\u2019s a pond out back on Elizabeth\u2019s family property. We\u2019re in Colchester, Vermont, and at night you can go out to the pond and it\u2019s so still. There\u2019s this crystal silence, and you can look at the stars and hear their music, and in those big vast spaces, in the silence, you can feel God so very, very present. I love it there. I try to go every night.<\/strong><\/p>\n [Aadi] \u00a0What kind of weather is your favorite?<\/p>\n [Tabris] Cold and windy! Now you\u2019d think I\u2019d love Vermont for that, but it\u2019s totally the wrong kind of air for aerobatic flying. It\u2019s too thick. For real aerobatics, give me a polluted city like New York, and then turn on the wind and the thunder. Pump your wings until you crest the top of a thunderhead and then plummet down the other side, wings streaking like light and the gale blasting in your face, pulling up only seconds from the concrete ground\u2026.? Oh, yeah. That\u2019s life.<\/strong><\/p>\n [Aadi] \u00a0Do you have any magical items? Where did you get them?<\/p>\n [Tabris] It\u2019s not magical, but at the very end of the story, God gives me a gift. I can use it however I want to, but I can only use it once, and there\u2019s one thing I really want to do with it. But there\u2019s something I need to do too, and it\u2019s such a hard decision.<\/strong><\/p>\n [Aadi] Last question. Who would play you in the movie?<\/p>\n [Tabris]\u00a0Gosh, that\u2019s the kind of question Rachmiel would ask. Are you sure he didn\u2019t put you up to this? Elizabeth doesn\u2019t watch enough TV or movies for me to answer that in anything resembling a coherent fashion. All her friends love Tom Hiddleston, though, so let\u2019s say Tom Hiddleston.<\/strong><\/p>\n [Aadi] Thanks for stopping by, Tabris. Come by anytime you’d like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi, Aadi here. This is so awesome! Mischa and I are here with Tabris from The Wrong Enemy by Jane Lebak. [Aadi] Who or what are you? What are your vitals? 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