Azu asked Josh Lanyon:

Good evening, Josh. I am waiting for your new work from Japan. By the way, Sam in the AoM series is a big guy, but when did he start working out like that? I imagine that in his youth, Sam was more delicate, slim, and studious, and not so intimidatingly macho as he is now. I imagine that he is not as intimidatingly macho as he is now.

Josh Lanyon Hi Azu! I believe the new book is in the works--I'm dying to see the cover art. As for Sam, I believe his father would have been a large, rawboned man as well. Sam was active in 4-H as a kid, so I think he was wiry but physically strong and active. Though academically inclined, his mother mentions in Magician Murders that Sam "didn't have to try" to get good grades, so probably not "studious," so much as intellectually gifted. I think in his teens he would have become interested in sex and started trying to look more appealing to a prospective mate--which is kind of how he'd have thought of it. In a sort of clinical, observational way. While Sam is virile and traditionally masculine, I'm not sure he's ultra macho. Jason observes in (Monet?) that Sam is unexpectedly open to switching roles/positions sexually. We know he cooks, cleans, is finicky about his hygiene and appearance. He's supremely pragmatic (a feminine trait, IMO). He also has a tendency to nurture those he cares for. I think Sam's coworkers don't think of his coldness, detachment, ruthlessness as being macho so much as being robotic or inhuman.

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