It's also a cat festival.
I knew I was setting myself for a bunch of hard-to-draw things by writing this story, but it's good practice in the end. Great!
I think chapter 8 will be a bit shorter than chapter 7. Say ~16 pages, or two months of posting to reach completion. Initially I had a lot more planned for this chapter, but after writing down the outline, it looked like it'd be better off being two chapters. Now you know chapter 9 will pick up where 8 leaves off!