no news. this next sequence, which will play out painfully slow over the next 2 updates, will probably (hopefully?) read better for archival readers than it does for the "per update" readers. bear with me as i do strange pacing for this chapter. im experimenting, i guess. the most recent page i worked on (approx 10 updates from now) was a blast to actually do, which has not been something ive felt in a long time. whew! see you again on sat!