Interlude 9.a: PHO (Patreon)

So... Yeah.

Not much I can say about this without getting into a lot of details and spoiling it.

Not that there's all that much to spoil, in some ways. Or rather... There's a lot of subtleties that I tried to weave into this chapter. Lots of hints and winks and nudges. No idea how many people will catch them.

No witty chapter title, either. In the end, I couldn't think one up.

Hope you all enjoy. It wound up surprisingly long for a chapter that is nothing except PHO.