Tusnelda tends to become recklessly absorbed in her own projects. She expects to have Martin’s support, so it must come as a shock that he has a limit.
My goal is to show her emotional journey and I had a lot of fun working with these visual symbols.
Thanks for reading 🙂

Thank you for your comment. It makes me so happy ❤
I had a message at stake so I really worked on that chapter. I’m glad it can be seen 🙂

I fear that the coming chapters will now become far more boring after Tusnelda has come to her senses 😕 ….Hopefully not 😆

Zakiera’s Underground Lab is pretty amazing 😎
I was thinking about building my own underground building but thought I could not do it much better, even after all the expansions we have had since 2018.

And blimey the amount of work that was put in this chapter. Amazing! One of my favourite chapters by far.

Thanks for the link! I thought I had been blind this whole time and never found the secret lab in my own game. xD

Shame on you WP 😡
PS I can trust you I have a list of emojis that my WP accepts 😆

Thanks ❤

WordPress seems to have swallowed my emojis again, but I swear they were there when I typed the comment. xD

True, life has almost infinite choices but we only have two hands to catch the balls that it throws at us. And with every new opportunity that we catch, we can’t catch a different one or even have to let an old one go that we have been holding. I’m glad that she did not decide to let go of Martin.

Turning Masato into a symbol instead of naming him worked well! Your effort into this chapter shows, I was gripped from beginning to end and worried about what decision Tusnelda would make in the end the whole time

Thank you for your comment ❤

I’m really glad the dream sequence worked and yes, the honest answer lies hidden in our subconscious …. if we dare to listen.
The answer could have been something completely different as all possibilities for Tusnelda to choose her own priorities were served to her on a gold plate.
Tusnelda has so many options and she is good at catching the balls in the air. Every time you choose something there is something else you opt out of. It is an existential choice which options we should go with in life.

Tusnelda certainly has the skills to find a cure for Masato.
Perhaps she has finally understood that she is thus entering his intimate sphere and it is therefore a matter that does not concern her.

I really made an effort with the text.
At the fifth perusal, I removed Masato’s name as I think more of him as a symbol of seduction than it is his person. Ove also contains a temptation because he contains part of the same fire as Tusnelda. The boundless impulsive energy to challenge the doable.

I’m sure Martin’s going to be very happy ♥‿♥

It’s easy to forget how good you have it until you lose the blessings in your life. Many people don’t even realise until it’s too late. Oof… seeing Martin happy like that, surrounding by family and a loving wife… but a wife that’s not Tusnelda. That has to hurt so badly. But it’s all Martin wants. A family. If Tusnelda won’t give him that, if she’s too occupied with her own wishes to help him with his… then at some point she really will lose him.

Aw, and Martin thinking about all he loves about her. It’s so easy to start taking your partner for granted and no longer giving them special attention. Going out on dates is often the first thing to go. But Martin has tried to do that multiple times, with Tusnelda not showing up or forgetting altogether. That adds up, too. I don’t think Martin asks too much. When you commit to a partner, you’re choosing them over all others, right? He should be a priority. Tusnelda seems to have forgotten that.

Also, dream Masato is terrifying! Especially the “I’ll cure you” line. Deep down, it seems Tusnelda knows that she is being too pushy, and her subconscious is serving her that dish back cold.

I’m glad that she chose Martin in the end. Her determined journey back home was really moving. She’s gone through one heck of a transformation there and came back a different person. I wonder what kind of steps she’ll take next. It’s true that one change of heart isn’t enough – she’ll have to work on herself to truly change, and it won’t be easy. But she’s finally realized what’s at stake.
If anything, I imagine Martin will be very happy to hear what she has to say. =)