This update was harder than most to put together, for some reason. Part of it is that I'm skipping ahead and working on a number of different chapters at once, because I'm excited about those (that should be a hint as to what those chapters are about), and part of it was the number of different locations and characters involved. It's nice to finally post this. I'm happy to hear that it was such a nail biter. :)

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