heya, i remember you and i really appreciate you taking the time to come back and just check-in again. your words are amazingly kind and I'm just really happy this story had-- and continues to have-- such a big impact on you and that you feel it's helped moved the genre in it's own unique direction. i'm also glad you liked the last update. i had no idea how hard that was going to be when it started. in fact, after reading this today, i realized I hadn't looked at it again for a bit. I'm currently working on chapter 8 and while the scene I'm working on is good, it's been hella work and I'm just ready for it to be done so that I can look at another environment. Just a ton of intricate work in that scene. well, you sorta prompted me to go back and check out the last update and it made me smile. so you may have accidently given me a boost that i didn't know i actually needed so thanks so much for that <3