**I figured I'd leave this here to set any potential readers at ease!** It's sad this even needs to be said now, but I do not, and WILL NOT EVER, use AI for my stories. I love words and the art they embody, I have since I was a child, and I take joy in the beautiful (sometimes slow and frustrating) process of creative storytelling. I believe AI is, at the *least* an incredibly lazy way out of said process and a slap in the face to those of us who pour our souls into our art every day.