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First off, let me apologize for the lack of updates. I’ve been trying to push myself through the next chapter, trying to get things done for the sake of everyone waiting – and in the process, I did what I only recently promised myself not to do, and stressed myself out so much that I became unable to get much done at all. I kept telling myself that since it was something I wanted to do, it was fine to push myself, but that didn’t keep the stress from building. After a few days of trying to force myself right up until midnight – or later – I finally realized…

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So, first off, I want to apologize for how long I’m taking with DQ chapter 14 – or anything else, for that matter. Part of it is due to writer’s block, and some of it is health (both mental and physical.) I’ve got the latter handled for now, and I have a way forward on the former. I want to explain what’s going on with the story, but first I need to warn that this will contain some (relatively light) spoilers. I won’t be explicitly describing events, but I will be discussing what you can expect for the chapter, and hinting at some things that haven’t come up much as…

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