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Dr. Gurathin arrives on Preservation and keeps running into trouble when he tries to process the world around him with the mind of a Corporate. They all keep telling him "Gura, that's not how hospitals work, Gura, that's not how friendship works, oh Deity Gura please that's DEFINITELY not how sex works," but it won't get any easier to swallow. He knows intimately that debt can never really be forgiven, someone always needs to eat the cost, but why does no one else seem to notice?
chapter one of installment ii of my descent into madness, ft. some abominably timed culture clash, two surreal dreams with menacing syringe symbolism, cnc institutionalization, and the first entry of my very own brand new "addiction culture utopian speculative fiction" microgenre which after five minutes of googling I don't thiiink already exists. up next: a wild book character sighting, more menacing surreal dreams, and arguments about interior decorating. blease mind the tags.