and when will part 5 be publicly available?
Unsure. When the next part is going to be done, so at the end of the novel, I guess.
And in general, what are the release intervals for paid and free
There is nothing settled for that.
Please tell me that Ben is alive, I can't bear it if he dies.
You will have to read the next part to find out, but I would remove this comment if I were you because it's a bit of a spoiler for the other readers.
