My last big freelance project paid exactly three months late, and in that time I watched my father dig into his pension to cover the electricity bill—so when people say the 35-hour workweek is a burden, I think, *kasam*, you've never had to chase an invoice while a cat sits on your broken laptop. A regular salary, even a mediocre one, is a kind of freedom most freelancers only dream of, and I'll take the rules of a job over this sossegad chaos any day.

Caught the squad's new Valo upload on my phone this morning while waiting for the kettle to boil. Screen's cracked, but even with two lines cutting through the action, that 1v3 clutch was pure sossegad. Felt so good I let Pattu have the last biscuit.