Many apologies for the unscheduled delay--November was a hell of a month, and I didn't get anything written at all the entire time. But I'm back home, recovered from various afflictions (more or less), and returning to the habit of writing. There will be one last hiatus--the next chapter will be posted on Sunday, December 28th--but after that I'm hoping to be back on the "every dang Sunday" posting schedule until the end of the story. Here's hoping! All my thanks for you readers, especially to all the comments that have kept me going for so long. I can't overstate how much you've helped to keep this project in motion, or how much I appreciate you all.

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