Fic Thing: "Starchild, Part 13"

 Bleh.

This is what happens when I take the "just write!" advice I usually avoid.  I write a chunk o' crap, get derailed on editing, and don't update for a solid month.  Yeah, life events happened as well in the last month, but mostly it was the editing.

And Chapter 14 is also in a deeply unsatisfactory state, so don't expect that one any time this month.

So, yeah, a couple of different flavors of wtf romance in this chapter, plus some shady political developments.  Yay.