Masque is a story both sexist and chauvinistic. The plot revolves around the male mime protagonist and the mimes who become his brothers. If there are female mimes who want to stay female, we never see them. Other than Okasan and Lani Rouge, the only female characters are the occasional shuffler or streetwalker, and Selina, a member of an actors' troupe with the appearance of a hammerhead shark.

Lani, except for the retrieval of Tristan's template and her help with subduing Eel, exhibits an inability to take much action.

She waits for Tristan to return, hoping he will appear to her in the guise of Trev, her lost love as he did when they first met. She helplessly collects "things" which fill her apartment and which she will never use.

She feels she cannot even make a "mess" because the Moppets immediately clean it up. She...