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Awesome Kate and Sissitrix, just awesome. Dark and sexy. I can’t wait for the next chapter.

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Hi Martin. I feel a link between my innermost, darkest thoughts and Sissitrix artwork. This story demands such emotion from us and it's so rewarding to know that you enjoy it.

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You both said it so well. Dark and sexy, and this undefined feeling taunting our inner side, like an Alien running in our secret garden. After drawing Kate's words I am exhausted. Like pleasure after sex. Thank you for reading us Martin!

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"Lead, follow, or get out of the way...."

For me, Max can't me given a hollow-point to the base of the skull fast enough, since he's an insufferable pain-in-the-ass moralist in an amoral world. Plus, he's being cuckolded by a goddamn AI machine, who his girlfriend actually loves more--with her "deep spiritual connection" to Allen (the jive about "actual love" notwithstanding). Plus, he's a mega-cuck because he's fucking what sounds like a high-tech urinal for "temporary relief!" As Stan on "South Park" would say in a bizarre moment: "Dude, this is pretty fucked up right here!" But--that's just me. Max may have some fans out there--he seems like one of those sensitive, modern, New Age castrati of Gen-Z who are into "sustainability", wear suits made from "post-consumer products" cut very slim with narrow shoulders, etc....

Anyway, Episode 10. Excellent outing yet again, as you both take us further along on this Dantean journey into the Boschian hellscape that is Sin Street. First, Allen is a lying, deceitful bucket of bolts with its own agenda--Erin's being scammed by that thing--it's love-bombing her (as I said back in my Review of Ep. 8 (I think), where I got a parallel vibe with what I know about demonic possession. Same M.O. is applied by cults to new members to cement their allegiance, gain their trust, and guarantee their loyalty and obedience--brainwashing tactics. Those three things are a hive mind--by definition they're one communal consciousness, operating together, coordinating strategy, getting pieces into position on the chessboard. Sex and intimacy are Erin's weak spots--she was handed over to Allen's ministrations after her rape, then fast-forward, and the machine subjected her to this bizarre S&M orgy of pleasure & pain in which she was driven to some mind-shattering height of ecstasy--that's when Allen took over, and it's still there. The "original" Erin--the Harvard MBA that fell for the dirtbag Brian and fell into the hellish world of Sin Street no longer exists--I submit that she's been destroyed. A claim I've made in this space before.

And a further note on Max. Max is in the tech business. He handed Erin over to Sissitrix (the character), who immediately delivered her to Allen's comforting clutches. You'll recall that I always questioned Max from the start--he was conveniently in the ER by her side, after haven't been in touch with her for years. then all of a sudden has this connection to an advanced tech inventor with this shady AI machines which are too good to be true, which Erin wants to distribute globally in franchised "Fuck Factories." Being the Dark Lord of the Sith that I am--the Force tells me that even though Max is a cuck, a dumbass, and perhaps he patronizes Diana the Domme as a satisfied client (hey, his money, and as long as he's getting what he needs)--perhaps Erin is being set up this time. Far worse than when she was gang-raped, abandoned, and left for dead. Hell, the way this is going, that may have been an opening gambit (could account for Max's convenient proximity to her post-attack).

I liked the continuation of the whole vengeful prostitute side-plot thing going on--with Handjob Hannah serving as Erin's mental hospital outpatient lieutenant on that end of things. And Franky the Rat being contracted to flush out Erin's other targets (Franky deserves to die in some horrifying way himself, for the record). I need to get up to speed on the whole Red October business--that's one of the supplemental Sin Street sidebar items I haven't gotten to yet--so that I can contextualize all that. Bliss as of right now appears to be of ancillary importance from a macro perspective. To be sure, Erin uses her as a mouthpiece (no pun intended) and for information/disinformation purposes. As she points out in this Episode, she's not fooled by her playing the lesbian sub to Erin's domme. I said last week that Bliss is ambition-driven, and she'll play the role of lesbian lover for Erin, even submit to her--whatever she wants--to serve her own mercenary ends.

That's all I've got this time out. Another great piece of the puzzle--the endgame still not visible. I eagerly await the arrival of Diana and Rex onstage. I think they'll be two very dynamic characters who will serve some role as catalysts to trigger something climactic...

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Hi John, I missed your comment. I'm really sorry for that. I'm trying to do a general catch-up on all correspondence while working on more Sin Street with my partner in crime. Love your reference to South Park. Not sure what to say about Max. I think having variety of character types lends considerable interest and plot potential.

Your assessment of Max as a cuckold is fascinating and reminds me of the Bruce Willis movie 'Surrogates'. It's not sex pods in that movie but a similar, 'sex without responsibility' stye storyline.

Where will it end? I think what's very interesting is how the AI world surrounding us encroaches further into our real lives every day. Will AI prevail?

Thank you again for a wonderful journey into the mind of an accomplished writer and reader with regards our Universe.

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