Balina Makes An Acquisition - Page 2 (Patreon)

Broke 13' today. Other things broken today: a doorway, three ceiling tiles, a conference table, and a jacket button. Meryl apologized profusely about the last one, and says that the next outfit is going to be using steel wire for anything 'load-bearing'. To her credit, almost all of these mishaps have been my own fault; I keep forgetting how quickly food can go through me these days, and I've just been too busy to relieve the pressure every couple of hours.

I really miss chairs. I've been kneeling on cushions during meetings, and at this point I'm taller than most folks standing. I could probably start sitting on the floor, but that'll only buy me a week or so. We will need to start renting out a convention center or something by the end of the month, if this keeps up.

Had a couple of staff meetings about the subject earlier today; until we can get some bigger hallways, I wanted to shuffle personnel around to make it easier for me to get around. This meant meeting with most of the management staff and explaining that, yes, we needed to lose a day or two making everyone change desks so I can stand up indoors. Right as one of the department heads opened their mouth to complain was when that button failed, actually. The surprise knocked her clear out of her chair, and everyone suddenly forgot any other wisecracks they might have wanted to share.

As I helped her up, she mentioned that my hand felt chilly; my physician later confirmed that my temperature is currently somewhere around sixty degrees. Which should be impossible, but so are a lot of the things I've been doing in the last month. No idea if that's new, or if it's been going down as I went up. One more thing to measure every morning.