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USA. Summer. It is 95 degrees outside, and I am shivering inside a sandwich shop.
I have discovered how Americans forge strong souls.
Outside, the sun is trying to kill everyone. Inside this small restaurant, it is winter. My breath does not fog, but it is thinking about it. A man near me is eating a cold sandwich while wearing a jacket. In summer. Indoors.
In Japan we would simply turn it down. Americans do not turn it down. And now I understand them better than they understand themselves.
This cold is not an accident. This cold is a gift.
The owner has built, inside his shop, a second season. He invites you in from the brutal heat and hands you the one thing the sun has denied you all day: a reason to be cold. To endure it is to be tempered. You walk in soft and sweating. You walk out sharp and clear, a slightly stronger person than you were.
So I did not complain. I removed my outer layer and offered it to the woman at the next table, who was hugging herself. She said, "Oh, no, I'm fine, thank you." She was not fine. Her lips were blue. But she, too, understood the training. She would not break first. I respected her deeply.
The owner asked if everything was okay.
"It is perfect," I said, through my teeth, which were chattering. "Thank you for the winter."
He said, "...I can turn the AC down if you want?"
I told him no. A man does not ask the mountain to be shorter.
I stayed two hours. I ordered a hot coffee to survive. Then a second one, to hold. By the end I could no longer feel my hands, but my spirit had never been clearer.
So now, on the hottest days, I seek out the coldest rooms. I sit. I shiver. I sharpen.
And when I finally step back out into the summer heat, and it wraps around me like a warm bath, I feel it.
Reborn.
A man who has survived the winter, in August, indoors, for the price of a sandwich.
May 2026 brush/tool set teaser; magic circles & runes for #ClipStudioPaint ⭕️✡️✨
► Subscribing to my Patre๐n within May 2026 and getting them after the end of the month.
► Or get them on Gumr๐ad after the 7th of the next month.
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[ stream schedule ]
[ may 25 - 29 ]
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[ spherebuddie 64 ] by @KARGames297103
[ arzette: the jewel of faramore ] by @thedopster
[ luna abyss ] by @LunaAbyssGame
[ new outfit reveal ] [ 8AM EST ]
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[ music: arcologies - final dive ]
@ComdostArt "Newspeak" a language lacks the words to describe a concept, speakers lose the ability to conceptualize or express that thought.
This but for images.
[VTUBER MEET & GREET]
虹色Motorsports is proud to announce that @sadpocky_ will be appearing with 虹色Motorsports at #OffKaiGen5!
Come meet your imouto Pocky all weekend only at the 虹色Motorsports Booth!
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【 GAME ANNOUNCEMENT 】
Thank you all for patiently waiting- Finally, you can make a wish and start again...⭐️
I've been hard at work with a team to bring this to life! Raise-a-Wish, an alternative Phase Invaders story, will be coming to you this May!!
[ announcement ]
[ 2026-05-29, 8am - 4pm Eastern Time ]
[ New outfit [REDACTED] teaser / announcement ]
Stream will be in about a week.
1. first time front-page on twitch
2. eight new emotes
3. new outfit/toggles
4. new schedule/background assets/overlays
5. all new merch themed around the outfit
6. long 8+ hour stream
7. + probably more i'am forgetting
More small teasers to come!!!
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