The flow of this chapter really seems to work. At first, near the beginning, it felt like we (the readers...) were getting way to much exposition piled on us, and at the same time the plot felt like it was trying to leave us in the dust. But then things started to slow down once Pavel gets to Chris, and we're able to absorb all the info better, or at least put it aside to be thought about later. I find this is probably because that is exactly what the main character is going through, which is good, cuz it means we're getting sucked into the narrative right along with the narrative.

Also, about the memory altering drugs, insert obvious 1984 joke here.

I'm disappointed that you're gonna be taking a break from uploading these for a while. I've been looking forward to reading a new chapter every day, but this story is definitely worth waiting for.

(... heh. Siberian Tiger cursing in Russian. I'm reminded of a Nicolas Cage quote. "Always resort to your native tongue in times of anger. And in times of ecstasy.")

"...cuz it means we're getting sucked into the narrative right along with the narrator." *

spelling, my arch enemy!

Yeah I felt that this chapter has a lot of exposition, though I couldn't really space it out with how the story was progressing. Putting in the bit with Chris though I think did help things quite a bit! And what's so funny about 1984? I wasn't around in that year. D:

As for the break, I'm going to be gone for the next few days, and at the same time I'm hoping that maybe I can get more people's attention before uploading the remaining chapters. And PS, I totally stole the idea of Pavel cursing in Russian from that Nick Cage movie. X3

1984 is a book by Orson Wells. google it, its all about a steely government keeping the populace controlled with 'happy pills'.

And yay, steal- being inspired by Nic Cage movies!

Hopefully Chris can help Pavel through his 'withdrawal'.

Oh he will!