Heh, chapter 9 turned out to be one of my favs. I've been worried about that, fearing I'd hit the apex of the story much earlier--especially given how much I liked chapter 8 so I was honestly surprised how happy I was with it.
I'll also say thanks for jumping onboard for the Patreon support. That really does help and there's honestly a lot more content over there with some behind the scenes as well as more of the adult stuff if you're into that sorta thing. Thanks a lot of the warm words and for just saying that the story moved when when you identify as a tough critic; comments like that mean a lot to me