"Research"

Hey all,
I've fallen a bit behind in my desired creation schedule. Combination of a very busy week at work and a 2 week vacation that I literally just got back from means I've made almost no progress on the next chapter. Sorry.
I did pick up a trilogy of books I was hoping to use as reference for the human parts, but A: the books aren't set in the universe I was hoping and B: I didn't make much progress on them either. I was thinking I'd be able to use them as an excuse for the delay in the next chapter (hence the "research" of the title) but that fell through. Apparently I do my best work sitting on a couch, not riding in a car. Updates should resume once I've recovered from my trip.