Making this brief again. I’m heading to Pittsburgh for a work conference that I will be presenting (very briefly) my sabbatical research so that’s exciting. I hope to get some good ideas to take back to the lab as well.

Speaking of labs, Kaleo is now free to wander Aneirin’s home and he finds him in the home lab.

As he wandered around, a new drink in hand – something he couldn’t even pronounce that Danil had pointed him to – Kaleo noticed the home office door was open, and Shyroth was in there talking to someone. He didn’t see anyone but he was fascinated by the holographs bouncing around the room that Aneirin could interact with. He was flinging things back and forth, brightly colored things that didn’t really exist. Was the man babbling to himself?

Kaleo tapped on the door, “Dr. Shyroth.”

Shyroth spun around, nearly falling off his stool. “Oh, Kaleo. Is something wrong?”

“Just wandering around. I thought I heard you talking to someone.”

Shyroth ducked his head, rubbing the back of his neck. “No, just talking to myself. It helps me to think through a problem.”

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It’s been a while hasn’t it? I have been…unwell. I’m chronically ill and I’m used to that. However, these are all new problems: trigeminal neurology, anemia so severe they’re planning a transfusion for me, massive herniation (from the small one in my midline I’ve had for years). It’s wearing on me but I’m trying to get back on my feet. My engagement on the snippets has been low too so I took a break. Maybe that’ll help.

I’m picking up where I left off with my SF thing. Kaleo was meeting Aneurin’s brother Rhisart and is left at lose ends afterward. Content Warning: human trafficking, mentions of nonconseual sex.

Kaleo didn’t know what was wrong, but he knew he wanted the solitude of his bedroom for the moment. He locked the door, content Shyroth was busy with his brother and Grimoald would probably not seek him out unless told to. Flopping on the bed, he took a few deep breaths in. He should have been enjoying the time free of forced sex. Well, enjoying it as much as he could with the whole uncertainty of his future hanging over his head. The best he could hope for was to be Shyroth’s plaything.

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