I've been looking at the pacing on the story and, with two postings left for April, I have to make a decision. Because if I split the remaining postings between this and anything else, then I am going to end the month on a potential cliffhanger.
Y'all might kill me.
...well, not the full plural. But possibly someone in the group. Or a non-sponsor, because they might decide there's less to lose. And even if I dedicate the rest of the month to Cerea, I don't know how the pacing might mutate. This chapter effectively divided itself off from what could have been a much, much longer one -- 7K word count for this update, and I plead both not wanting to switch POV too much and Natural Break Point -- and that's something which could happen twice.
Sometimes, the stories control the writer.
Don't let anyone tell you it's always the other way around.