status report (ea chapter ten)

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I have been terribly negligent of my promise to keep you informed of the update-status for Elective Affinities -- apologies!

It will probably not surprise you to hear that Chapter 10 is fully planned. Unfortunately, very little of it has actually been written. I am concurrently working on finishing a chapter of my master's thesis and that has,

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I am very, very sorry to hear about your grandfather. That kind of loss -- I cannot describe such loss, it is so great, so incredibly hard to grasp. I hope that his was a peaceful passing, and that you had a chance to say proper goodbyes.

Thank you for the marvellous poem -- I am now motivated to read more of Popa's work, which I had only been aware of before in theory. I have much more that I'd like to say about it, and about your brilliant characterisation of Snape as someone who has passed some sort of thermonuclear threshold and come out the other end, like superheated plasma that has to be cooled and contained just in order to function without exploding everything. Just. What an incredible description! I haven't reached my thesis wordcount deadline for the day, however, so I will leave the rest of my comment for tomorrow morning. Know, however, that your words have been dancing in my head all day, firing the synapses in the most unexpected and wonderful ways. Thank you for that, and for taking the time to discuss these things with me during your time of loss.

*hugs*