I’m just about done with this one. It ended up taking a bit of a different turn. What initially had a very explicit and miserable ending now has something a little more ambiguous and open-ended, and I’m quite proud of it - this story ended up being more about the central relationship than I’d expected (it was, initially, a bit of a heart-of-darkness trip except with sex robots), and if you’re going to write about relationships then it’s awkward to shoehorn in either a tragic or a happily-ever-after ending, because relationships rarely work like that. The characters in this are fuckups. They don’t get something quick and neat.
I suspect this one’ll require the most editing once it’s all over and done with, given that the ending really came into view about two thirds in. But. Almost done, and this’ll likely be the last progress report before the next story. I’m excited to move on. It’s about an assassin. Tonally, it’s a thousand miles from this one.
