One thing I've noticed in the benchmark is that they've differentiated Male Midlander face 7 from face 5 a little more than before.
Face 7 used to be just a copy of face 5 but with a five o' clock shadow added. Now it's a bit more haggard, more lined. There are brow creases. He's Seen Some Shit™.
I like it. Lets a middie be a little less babyfaced and bridge the gap with Highlanders slightly.
Got some pretty bad news. After his ultrasound, the doctor is fairly sure Sneakers here has cancer.
We don’t yet know the nature of the mass they found in his small intestine. I’m going to consult a specialist to have it biopsied and see what treatment options are viable. I don’t know how far I’ll be able to take his treatment or how much stress I'd have to put him through in pursuit of it, but I’ll do everything in my power for him without making it too hard on him. He is the most loyal friend I have ever had or ever will have.
In the meantime, please hold this silly old man in your thoughts. He’ll need all the help he can get. The sixteen years he's had aren't enough for either of us.
Sometimes an inventor discovers the right way to make something new. Other times he discovers the 10,000th way that won't work. And still other times he discovers the 47,283,094th way to blow something up.
That was rough. Had my account terminated on me for something like a month, but fortunately I was able to get it reinstated thanks to a wonderful rep of theirs on reddit.
And now back to our regularly scheduled lack of programming.
"What, this? Just some trifling gearworks, I assure you. Pretty pedestrian machinistry. You should see what's at my main lab. I may show you it one day... if you earn my trust."