8100 words bring us to the end of the party. Let's put it that way. The party is over and in many ways, we're about to enter another stage of the story.
(As if it was much of a party before this.)
I can already feel the comments coming on this one. At least a few of them are likely going to center on misery and what's perceived as character torture and demands to know why I keep making this worse. And to that, all I can say is this:
If that's how they feel now, just wait until they see the next chapter.