Shadow Kiss: Hey, Andy! I’m still feeling incomplete. Am I imagining that?

Me: You are, in fact, two chapters away from being done.

Shadow Kiss: Why are you taking so long?

Me: I’m actually still on schedule.

Shadow Kiss: Oh. Why was your schedule so lazy?

Me: It involves 3-6 hours of work on you a day. 

Shadow Kiss: Out of 24, Andy. What are you wasting all those other hours on? Sleep?

Me: I require about ten hours of sleep a day to properly function, so a lot of them are spent sleeping, yes. Also eating, preparing food to be eaten, keeping the house clean enough I don’t break down in tears over how horrible my surroundings are, spending time with family members… Nothing I don’t consider important.

Shadow Kiss: We have differing definitions of important.

Me: You recognize I’d be working on you right now if you weren’t trying to shame me for having a life beyond you, right?

Shadow Kiss: Fine. I’ll be quiet now.

Me: Thank you.