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(I was delayed by matters today and fell a few hundred words short of finishing. I'll repeat a section at the end for now; everyone please look at it later. I'm truly sorry; I got hung up and chewed out by someone...
I haven't done the final edits yet; it's midnight, so I'll release what I have. It's probably best to read it in the morning. I likely won't finish the final edits until about 1 am. I have to release it before midnight... otherwise I'll break my daily ten thousand word streak, and the smart push will be gone, which I've barely managed to maintain for nearly twenty days. Sorry. I'm truly sorry.)
Thai Zu's eyes suddenly widened.
A look of amazement and wisdom flowed from his once-murky old eyes.
Turtle Kid refining the Origin of the Great Sun wouldn't surprise him. In his lifetime, he'd seen plenty of surprising and unexpected things.
