In reply to my review of Chapter 9, Stellar wrote:
It is worth mentioning that my intended Veil of Shadow average chapter wordcount is above 8500 words. Hidden Sunlight hit nearly 9k per chapter, though that was heavily influenced by the word-heavy last few chapters. At any rate, I'm glad you liked it! I enjoy exposition, but this chapter for me fell into the "necessary but unsatisfying" category as a writer.
But it was necessary for your readers as it is a complicated story and since we are reading it as a serial, it brought the story back to us and filled in some of the gaps that were confusing us. I think, even though it was bit unsatisfying for you, that it worked beautifully for us readers and was very well received by me! Thanks again!