veeeery bad at exposition there is a lot of stuff i now wish i had introduced sooner like (1) espa's life back at the base and consequentially (1.a) their friends (1.b) some other handlers (1.c) some of the dynamics on the dove [plus bonus: (1.d) extra juicy punishments i cant pull in arc 1 because ann just has one basement with some basic stuff #MinimalistTortureBasement] and also the fact that espa had a handler before ms ann! which okay tbf i retroactively made that up by around chapter 6 but im not sure how to effectively bring up and explore later on. there is other stuff like maça (espa's refurbished fraternal figure from years ago </3) and!!! it would've been easier to stabilish the whole crane -> vulture -> canary ranking thing. if you see me ramble about meta and lore on the side you're probably familiar with these classifications already but!!!!!!! that's not the case for all the readers!! it's not fully fair to rely on metaposting to explain lore details that are moreso important to understand some parts of this story. (it's not any kind of plot-sensitive essential information to follow alongggggggg. but still.)
working on how to overcome these in upcoming arc ii ( ◡̀_◡́)ᕤ which might or might not work but hey! that's okay too. it's only my first story after all asdfghjk its only natural to fumble. we've still got space to make up for it (even if in a slightly awkward fashion im still eager to try and work within) and everyone is coming for the ride. eeeeeeeeee.
