Resubmitting this chapter in two parts, as it was apparently it was too big to save as a .txt file, no one could read it as a .PDF, and DA is both unwilling to let me edit the existing file in a different format, or deign to allow me to submit it as a Word document to begin with and save me a general truckload of aggravation. Ugh...

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