A quick and unfortunate announcement: due to my mother''s declining health, I will be flying across the country to see her and make arrangements for additional care once she''s out. This has a few ramifications for the story:


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    <li style="margin: 0 0 4px; padding: 0; border: 0; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline">Patreon billing has been paused. It is currently not possible to sign up to my Patreon and I will not be charging anyone through November and December.</li>


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