2022/48: Hench -- Natalie Zina Walschots

2022/48: Hench -- Natalie Zina Walschots

“You know what’s more criminal than anything I have ever done? That you’ve been overshadowed by that lantern-jawed cockwit when you’re obviously better than him in every imaginable way.”
Pain crossed her face. “Well. No one is willing to make some bitch the head of the greatest superhero team in the world.”
She was repeating something that had been said to her; I could hear it in her voice. [loc. 4711]

Anna Tromedlov is a hench, short for henchperson, short for expendable staff in a villain's entourage. The work -- mostly temp contracts, via an agency -- is generally less unpleasant than other menial jobs, and Anna's more likely to be employed for her spreadsheet skills than for anything especially nefarious. ( Read more... )