i started writing lapse a year and a half ago and since then, i have changed. everything that mattered to me then and everything that matters to me now are almost completely different, and whether i’ve grown or devolved is not up to me to decide. what i do know is the quality of my writing grew, and every chapter in lapse is a reflection of that. i beg you, mind the the holes and flaws of the first chapter, it grows into something much more beautiful. i hope lapse doesn’t come out as just brainless, generic cyberpunk junk and it reads as the profound, character-driven epic i believe i am writing. thank you to everyone who has read anything i’ve written before. i hope you enjoy this one. happy reading!