Hopefully when a few upcoming publications hit shelves, folks can see that we're really not being as casual and flippant about Aina's death as it may appear right this second. Due to some unfortunate delays, the production schedule got shuffled around a little bit, and I think it pretty much came down to "we will NOT delay Street Legends," so things got put out in the wrong order (in the interest of having something big and awesome at GenCon).
One lesson I wish comic writers would learn, and something I muttered under my breath all through the last several years of sprawling crossovers, retcons, heroes turning out to be Skrulls, heroes turning into assholes over Superhuman Registration, etc, etc, is simply this: everyone is someone's favorite character.
Marvel and DC executives would be startled by the amount of comics I've got about Roy Harper/Arsenal/Red Arrow (with the pointed exception of the mini-series they recently wrote about him, which eviscerated him as a character), Bucky/Winter Soldier/Captain America (who I felt had just found his stride with the shield and the flag, before they tripped him up again), Hawkeye/Ronin/Clint Barton (who they seem unsure what to do with since he came back from the dead), Iron Fist (who had his own series for just long enough it went downhill before being canceled), or even Catman (so, hey, at least Secret Six is good). I'm a sucker for a couple comic underdogs, and I've been fans of theirs for years and years. When they get the limelight, I cheer, but I also cringe, because I always wonder if the current writer is as big a fan as I am, or if one of my favorites is about to get poleaxed because they think no one cares.
Everyone is someone's favorite character.
The same is true in the 22+ year metaplot we've got here at Shadowrun, and we're aware of it. So while here just in casual conversation on the internet we might seem flippant or light-hearted about a casual death, please know that we're not. The book was delayed because writers are taking their time and getting it right.