In the blue. And in mourning. And all the usual.

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In the blue. That's where I see her now, mane and tail streaming behind her as she races toward Cree and Ice. Shade rides the light now.

Miskwaki's world is colder and darker, despite the heat of the sun. He's going to need a lot of help. All three of us need time and space to grieve.

After a week and a half trying to save her, though, we're very much behind on everything, especially me. Not because I've done more — Wings carried by far the heaviest burden — but because my health makes me slower than ever, and such work more laborious than ever. It will be a while before I'm caught up to my more usual state of being behind. To that end, I have to get back to work, so it's just cut-and-paste from here on out. We very much, very badly need sales and new Patreon subscribers, and since this is early July, if you subscribe today, you won't be billed until August 1st. Here are the links and a request to share them, because without those sales and subscribers, I honestly don't know how we get through this:

• My new Patreon, The Interstices (Writing Between Worlds);
• Wings's site, for sales, with new items posted;
• Wings's direct PayPal link;
• A way to buy me coffee (which actually goes to all of our medical bills, which continue to mount);
• Amazon wishlist, which mostly consists of animal and household stuff;
• Partial registry #1, from Bed, Bath and Beyond. There are new kitchen-y things on it now, stuff that I didn't realize we'd need to replace (either because the RV ruined it or because we gave it away when we had to downsize).

I had said that I'd really like to raise another $500 in subscriptions before July is out, just to have a little more to throw to the medical wolves that are constantly at my throat. Now, we've got a lot more that needs to be done, too, and I'm damned if I know how. The truck was more than enough to throw a wrench in the works, but this thing with Shade? And once you're in it, you have to keep going; there's no way out but forward, whatever the result. So please, please share the links. Thanks to everyone for the prayers and kind words and other help for Shade. I know she was better off for it, and I know she appreciated that.

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