Sorry for not posting last week. You all know the drill, I'll delete this chapter when the real one comes out.

  I will probably start posting again next week. The chapter is 3/4 done already, but......

  Unlike last time, this time it's actually good news! I wouldn't be so detailed, but I need 500 words to post this chapter, soooo...^^

  As those who read the last update probably know, I'm wheelchairbound. I have been for about 2 years nowm and havent been on my feet in 3.

  But finally...finally after all this time and countless very, very, excruciatingly painful physical therapy sessions....I have fjnally reached the stage where I can begin to relearn walking. Last Friday was the first time I walked in e years. It was with a walker, but still. And I have been grinding those steps every day sunce.

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  And lef me tell ya, walking...its goddamn exhausting. Like, my record is 30 steps exactly...and I feelnlike Im dying everytime I do it.

  I have written in that time, but it's hard to think clearly when you are both majorly pooped and planning for the future for the first time in forever.

  And...a little spoiler...next chapter is a bit of an exploration of one of the lairs of a Circus-Themed villain group who go all-in on their branding even in private, so its a bit goofier than usual. And i have to strike a delicate balance so that it fits in the world and the tone of the rest of the story without being jarring...which i find very difficult with one particular aspecf of the tent....so Ill have to be even more focused to...not get this chapter right, per se, but avoid getting it wrong, if that makes sense.

  Don't worry, im not dropping it. We are just getting to the part I planned this series around originally, so Im goddy to move forward. You should see my notes. ^^

  Ill do my best to get the next chapter up by next week. I dont want these constant breaks, so im only posting when I know i can go back to the weekly schedule.

  That should be enough. Anything below this send-off is just a copypaste tk get to the word minimum. I hope you can understabd why things have been a bit spotty recently. Im very invested in this thing, so i swear i wont let it die.

  Thank you for reading. And see you next chapter. : )

  And...a little spoiler...next chapter is a bit of an exploration of one of the lairs of a Circus-Themed villain group who go all-in on their branding even in private, so its a bit goofier than usual. And i have to strike a delicate balance so that it fits in the world and the tone of the rest of the story without being jarring...which i find very difficult with one particular aspecf of the tent....so Ill have to be even more focused to...not get this chapter right, per se, but avoid getting it wrong, if that makes sense.