Hi everyone. This is Aiko. Yes, I'm Azami's sister.

I know a lot of you are wondering what the hell happened with Chuushin? Is Beloved and Defiance not going to update after the prologue? Did she lose interest already? Wasn't Azami supposed to update, like, a month ago? Seriously, WTF?

No, she hasn't lost interest. Anything but, actually. Yes, she was going to update. She's still writing.

Azami is in the hospital. She was hit in the head with a sixty-pound pole and received a rather nasty concussion. She didn't wake up for nearly two weeks. Now, though, she is recovering—hopefully the hospital will let her come home before Christmas. She's currently not allowed out of her wing of the hospital, and noise makes her head hurt a hell of a lot so she generally doesn't venture past the bathroom.

She's been writing out of boredom, is annoyed that she can't even play the majority of her instruments right now because they're simply too loud, and for the most part she's been sleeping a lot. She can't quite remember some things and the doctors are worried because she's lost nearly thirty pounds since she's been in the hospital, and she was only 120 to begin with. It's not as if she hasn't been eating, either, and she's not bulimic or anorexic if anyone's wondering.

She has asked, however, that I type her stories for her and post them, including Chuushin when I find her flash drive. She did post a note to the readers at the bottom of the prologue before the incident, though, so those of you that haven't read it yet probably should.

And once again, she says she still sends a big thank-you and cookie to Tsuki no Ookami for her advice on the prologue.

See you guys again soon.

- Aiko

Date: 11/29/08