This is not a chapter update. Please do not be concerned as to why the narrator has stopped saying 'aye' all the time. This is just me, the fellow author.

I hope everyone is well in these trying times. Please make sure you are drinking plenty of healthy fluids, and please make sure you are getting plenty of rest. Look after yourselves.

As some of you noticed and messaged me about, there was not a chapter last week. Which is confusing, since I've already written all chapters up to Chapter 52. In other words, I literally have 18 chapters that I can upload.

So, why didn't I?

Simple: my USB stopped functioning.

That's right. The stupidest of reasons. And, the funny thing? I normally back everything up. Everything was backed up except this story. I had only a few chapters to go until I finished the second arc, so I just thought, "Oh, I'll finish the second arc by the end of this week, and I'll save it to Doc Manager after that. What could happen in a week?"

Everything. Everything could happen in a week.

I do not want to rewrite everything. We're talking 60K - 80K words of this story, of foreshadowing and symbolism and editing. I simply do not have the motivation to write that.

HOWEVER. DO NOT PANIC.

I can still retrieve all the writing/data. I've sent it to a data retrieval company, and though it costs... a lot... ($1200 seems honestly bloody darn ridiculous), I am willing to pay it all to get my story back. Besides, I had saved that much for a trip overseas, and since everything is in lockdown, the overseas trip is not happening. So... I guess I may as well use it to get Nova's story back.

Once I pay, though, it will take about 3 - 6 weeks before I get the data back. And, knowing my luck, it'll be towards the latter end of things.

I assure you, I have cried plenty, by the way. I am sobbing as I am typing this.

Basically, I would like to thank you for your patience. This story will continue. I would never abandon Nova's story. Even if it costs me $1200.

You're just going to have to wait a little.

I just hope the wait will be worth it.

Thank you everyone who is supporting this story, who is supporting me, and I will see you all in 3 - 6 weeks with a proper chapter!