FINALLY ALONE

After his girlfriend’s illness and medication rash halted two days, Daniel resumes streaming, makes two videos, and reports $150 Twitch earnings. He finishes Cyberpunk 2077 after roughly 84 hours, accepting Arasaka surgery and an engram contract; Johnny is erased and V’s body remains terminally damaged. His girlfriend pursues a 45-square-metre, 9,000-baht flat requiring 50,000 upfront; Daniel resists commitment while considering Japan or Malaysia after Thailand.

Romance again collides with secrecy, dependence, solitude-driven work, and his resistance to permanence.