Mumbled

Dear Ryk I absolutely love your work. I have one nit and it's the use of mumbled. The word makes my skin crawl. It's not the way I envision your characters - as people who don't have the strength of character to speak their mind and walk around talking to themselves. But, this is the first time a writer has kept me from other books. I've got Malcolm Gladwell's and Tom Clancy 's books bought and paid for while I was finishing your series to date.