I might just make it....

40,050 words as of now. Just 10k left, and then probably another 1500 to make sure it will verify.

Man, for all the days I wrote nothing I'm really surprised that I'm this close to making it.

Note to self for next year:

You write more, faster, if you have characters you can send off in different directions!

I don't know if Aaron Moritz will come back into the story and find out that Elyza isn't dead, but his flashback gave me a huge boost on Monday and made this sprint possible. It cost him his legs, but that's okay, they grew back. (Hurray for cyberpunk medicine!)