Meanwhile, Back at the Salt Mines

[madrobins]

Finishing Chapter 18 should be simple. I've got it half there. I know what happens. I know where it leaves off and all the juicy stuff that's coming in Chapter 19. But every time I pull up the file I am filled with what I can only call a sense of dread. WTF, Book? Really, shouldn't we be sliding down the hill toward the finish line squealling "WHEEEEEE!" at this point?

Children. I swear.