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Hi, grommile here.
Thank you for coming with me on this journey. Your comments have encouraged me, but sadly, I remain profoundly dissatisfied with how I have written this story. It will be left to stand as it is, flawed and unfinished, because I am too conscious of its foundations of sand to keep building on it in its current form.
The first chapter of a new attempt at the core narrative, provisionally titled Defensive Design, will be posted in the next few days.
Thank you again for your support, and I hope to see you there!