Okay so my last attempt at this got all...weird. I'm annoyed because I already typed one of these out and it got screwed, and I haven't much time before work, so I'll make this quick.
Basically, been busy. Blue-collar worker. Crushing existential dread. Next chapter's almost done. This ain't a stillborn serial.
Also my word processor's acting all funky. The paragraphs later on in the next chapter are gonna look kinda weird. Namely, all the lines within the same paragraph are indented. I don't know how to fix it. Ignore it.