update from the trenches

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14,759 / 50,000 (29.5%)

Why yes, I am very behind on my wordcount.

Apparently, given the opportunity to write about anything, anything whatsoever, I gravitate towards two people bantering at each other.

Worldbuilding is hard.

Plastic bags are going to be our species' lasting contribution to this planet. I'm not sure how I feel about this.

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Ironically enough, my two main characters argued about this today (the plastic bag thingies). Of course, they found themselves on a world where (as far as they know) they're the only two people there, so it kinda takes new implications when they were talking.

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I listened to the audiobook version of The World Without Us at work, which was fascinating in a lot of ways, but wow, plastic bags.

Rubber tires are also apparently not going anywhere any time soon, and are also very useful for making into shoes.