Sunder 5.2 (Patreon)

Tarot and palmistry — never again. Ugh, that took up so much time and effort, trying to get that right. I think I would make a terrible psychic. 

Good thing I'm a writer, then.

Ahem. Anyway, some more Taylor-Amy bonding, yay! Also, a...kinda-sorta weird moment in the second half. I think a lot of people are going to be wondering what kind of purpose it serves.

But that's the fun, isn't it? Making you guys guess?

There are a couple of things in this chapter that I hope are subtle enough that none of you actually puts the pieces together, but my editor thinks that quite a few of you will. I'm hoping he's wrong, but it's not like I could remove the clues without making things totally opaque, and some of them are clues I actually can't remove without gutting the scene, so...