Chapter tomorrow [plus some art] (Patreon)

Hi, sorry for this but it has been a weird day. I'm nearly done with the first draft of the next chapter but I have a headache and my back hurts and if I try to power through it's just not going to be polished and I'll miss important elements. The theme should be cool so I'd rather take a minute to do it right.

Saturday chapters are not as fun, I know, but the last chapter wiped me out. (Super mega thanks for the reception! It was one I worried about, as you can maybe imagine. I'm blown away with the response.)

While I'm here, quick heads-up about my holiday. I'm going to Scotland next week and there will be some disruption to the schedule but it's almost perfectly timed to coincide with a book ending so fingers crossed it's almost normal from your point of view. For the sake of my relationship, the first couple of chapters are likely to be short...

In the meantime, please enjoy this photo of Max sticking to the football.

Thanks to OGM on the Discord for getting very specific with her AI computer.