Wow. It's been nearly a decade. I've returned to this idea over and over throughout the years, feeling like a failed my readers by not finishing a work I poured so much of myself into. More than that, I felt I'd failed myself.

Well, it finally drew me back in. I don't know if anyone will still be interested in reading a story that is decades old, and I don't know how long it'll take, but I hope this time I can get you the completed work that I dreamed of way back when.

I may tweak some older chapters later, but for now I'm just going to plow forward and publish new chapters, leaving the old ones as they are. My writing style like has changed a lot since 2014, but please bear with me. By the end of this, I hope I'll finally be able to deliver you a completed story.

I've been refamiliarizing myself with my story and working on the next several chapters over these past few weeks. I feel I have enough now to start posting and get ahead. Let's hope that continues.

I've made a decision to drop my strong conditioning toward perfectionism because it's a productivity-killer. That may mean more errors than I used to have (though I've been finding many!), or maybe the decade of time will make up for that naturally. I guess we'll see.

Regardless, be on the lookout for a long, long awaited new chapter over the next couple of days. I'm excited to get back into this with you, if you'll have me.