Ouch, my brain.

I managed to get the words out today, and have time enough to do a bit more work, but my brain feels about squeezed dry. Probably best to stop while I'm ahead, or what I end up writing could seriously suck.

52,400 / 90,000 (58.2%)

Today's sample is the brief dramatic exchange just before the commercial break, to make the audience tune in for more.

“So after restarting the system, the only way to get things back up and running...” Yao trailed off.

“Is to pour blood on that,” Zhuan said, indicating the altar with a nod.

“But didn’t the artificers pack a supply...?” Yao began, but Zhuan interrupted him with a shake of his head.

The captain's mouth was drawn into a tight line. “All of it went down the shower drain when Cai played his prank on Nguyen the other day.”

Yao’s eyes widened, if fractionally. “But that would mean...”

The captain nodded. “It means that someone is going to have to bleed.”

Dun dun dun...