[Hereafter] Interlude R(M) I: Prison of Dreams (Patreon)

This one wound up not quite as introspective as his sister's interlude was, for a number of reasons. One of them, of course, is that this one is a lot more plot heavy than Rika's was, so things move faster than hers did, leaving less time for Ritsuka to navel-gaze.

I thought about switching up the order a little bit. Have next chapter come first, so that there could be a little bit of mystery about what was happening with Ritsuka, but the events of one would always be spoiling at least a little the mystery of the other, so I liked this order better. It means that you guys as the readers will know what's going on next chapter before the characters do, but it can't be helped.

And yes. Like I said before, this is what Aife's "Resolution" was setting up, the possibility that something like this could happen. Even if this is technically happening a whole Singularity early. I thought the logic behind why made plenty of sense, though.

EDIT: Moving down all the way 9/24/2023