Besides which, I think it's been going too long to suddenly introduce pictures. We assume that respondent was a female as most of the males clamoured for a picture of Beth Breath. Their concerns should be of no concern to you unless it is convenient to be so. Let them whine. Keep up the good work.
Graphics are for people who lack imagination.
It is difficult to think of examples of novels, or works of any other type of fiction, that were enhanced by having pictures included. The reader and writer of fiction have responsibilities to each other. Thus the reader's job is not effortless, nor should it be. Steel Bolt could very well be a poor substitute for the mental image in the mind of an actively imaginative reader. Any reader for whom this statement isn't true is not really fulfilling her or his responsibilities as a reader.