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A lot has happened IRL since the last page. I've mentioned before that I've been struggling with an as yet unknown medical condition which causes chronic pain and makes desk/monitor work much harder. In the last couple years, bills and general living expenses went way up, and I found myself constantly piling on work to stay afloat, while also being held back by that condition. It was a long, depressing journey trying to get better while pushing myself in ways that surely didn't help.

Well, in April, I ended up in the hospital with a Vertebral Artery Dissection, an injury usually caused by intense physical trauma, but I got it while sleeping. It caused vision issues, and could have led to a stroke, but thankfully I decided to go to the ER. I'm sure this all sounds horrifying, but it resulted in me being on some new medicine and going to physical therapy -- and now, for what seems like the first time since all this all this started in 2021, I feel so much more able. Hence, the double-page spread update you're looking at now haha.

I've been livestreaming again, and finishing up stacks of old work. I've learned to temper my optimism because I've had short stretches of good health before, but honestly I can't help it this time. I'm stubborn and I want to keep working on this comic no matter what happens -- it's all I think about when I can't be working on it.

Thanks for reading! I'm pumped to get some momentum going with the next pages!