Between Chapter 41 and Chapter 42

  Giono: "Wedah.. wedus"

  Karto: "What's wrong, Boss?"

  Turiman: "You look restless and uneasy."

  Giono took a deep drag on his cigarette

  while staring at Tikno's scrawny body.

  Giono: "Does anyone know why the story Nagini stopped at Chapter 41?"

  Karto: "So that's what's been bothering you?"

  Giono nodded.

  Turiman: "The story was getting really exciting."

  Giono: "Did Master Eryjat stop writing Nagini and leave it hanging at Chapter 41?"

  Karto: "Let's not jump to conclusions yet, Boss."

  Turiman: "Maybe the Master is busy with something else."

  Giono nodded again.

  Giono: "I've been waiting for days. The Master hasn't released Chapter 42?"

  Karto: "I've been waiting too."

  Turiman: "I keep checking Master Eryjat's profile. The test update is still Chapter 41."

  Tikno, the scrawny one, suddenly chimed in.

  Tikno: "Actually, I got some inside information from Master Eryjat."

  Giono, Karto, and Turiman exchanged gnces, then stared sharply at Tikno.

  Giono: "You got insider info?"

  Karto: "What kind of info?"

  Turiman: "Go on. Tell us."

  Tikno sat up straight, puffing out his chest, making his ribcage stand out.

  Tikno: "The Master is rewriting the st ten chapters."

  Giono: "What do you mean?"

  Karto: "Rewriting the st ten chapters?"

  Turiman: "So is it true that Nagini is already finished?"

  Tikno: "Yes. It's finished."

  The three of them nodded in relief.

  Tikno: "But the Master is polishing and reorganizing the st ten chapters."

  Karto: "You mean to make it easier to read?"

  Tikno: "Yes."

  Turiman: "Now I understand."

  Tikno: "The Master is also revising the entire Nagini story, refining dialogue gestures and descriptions."

  Giono: "Now I get it."

  Tikno: "Unfortunately, the clean revised version is only avaible on Patreon."

  Karto: "Oh… then what about this ptform?"

  Tikno: "Don't worry. The original version will still be written until the end."

  Turiman: "So that's why Master Eryjat has been busy?"

  Tikno: "Yes. Polishing the original manuscript and revising the Patreon version."

  Karto: "Ah, so there are two versions—original and revised?"

  Turiman: "Original for the ptform, polished revision for Patreon?"

  Tikno: "Yes. That's the insider info from the Master."

  The four of them looked relieved.

  Suddenly, Giono shouted.

  Giono: "Karto! Make some coffee!"

  Karto, Turiman, and Tikno chuckled.

  Karto: "Bck coffee."

  Turiman: "Two spoons of coffee, half a spoon of sugar."

  Tikno: "Stir it twenty-eight times. Not one less, not one more."