I understand the feeling. I think a majority of content creators on this platform do, to an extent. There's just not the audience there used to be and it's depressing. But it's also self-fulfilling, because here, our content creators are largely each others' audiences. So as time goes on and people disappear, it gets worse... and worse...

I hope to somehow help to change this, but I can't do that if I've disappeared the same as everyone else. Hypocrisy drive, engage... So, hopefully I will be paying a bit more attention from now on. We'll see what happens...

At any rate, I'm always happy to read something you've written, short or not. So if you find short stories a more suitable medium to work in, I'll be glad to read them... hopefully more promptly henceforth...

Thanks for the reply!

I do already know the ending...

Poor Caleb. Or Zuen. Or Ishtar. Or all of humanity. Or whichever combination of them you've seen fit to kill painfully, because I know it's someone...