Finality, at least

My piece for the Parallel Worlds BingQiu/BinggeYuan Zine ! I'm deeply honoured to have been part of this project, thank you SO much for having me!!

I returned to a sea of very touching messages in my inbox. Thank you so much everybody, seriously, it feels so sweet knowing I wasn't forgotten during my absence <3 I know myself too well to pretend like I'll be able to respond to everyone, but please know that I'm reading all of them and I'm very touched;;

I'm sorry I dropped off the planet on every social media. Very basically, everything I was dealing with accumulated to a big depressive episode and whenever I felt like I was getting better, I was whiplashed back into being unable to talk, be awake or doing anything I had planned to do. On top of that, I was burnt out from drawing for a long time, and I finally had the guts to admit it to myself and take a break.

This is my first time having the energy sitting on this computer again in months, and I wanted to just say thank you for not forgetting about me <3

I've had some very exciting life changes - most importantly, I've adopted a puppy, Bonbon!

She's not only a wonderful friend, super cute and funny, but also a great reason to get out of bed every morning. I've had structured days ever since she came home and I've been taking better care of myself in response too.

A lot of things don't quite work still, and likely never will, but I'm safe and in good care, and I'm working hard to come back into art. I've been able to draw again for the past three weeks (working on a Transformers douijnshi!) and I'm trying out different strategies to defeat my demons.

Thank you so much for sticking around, and again, for reaching out to me even though i've been a ghost. I appreciate it, and I wish you all the very Best. Take good care of yourself!! I love you!

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