Another holiday delay, though only one day this time (Patreon)

Man, I've kinda lost my grip on this a bit, huh? 

I'm now with another set of relatives, which has slowed down my progress writing the next chapter. This is an annoyingly technically complicated section of the story, so I need to refer to my notes a lot, and it also tires me out; this makes it very hard to write while being bothered a bunch. 

I'm feeling a little down on this project generally due to having lost a lot of reader engagement and growth in the last couple months, which I guess is probably partly a self-affirming cycle. Don't worry, though. I'll pick myself up again one way or the other.

Thanks as ever for your patience!