Grumbling, the hippopotamus lets itself be pushed up the hill.

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Holy cats, Chapter 5 is enormous.

I can split it in two if my editor insists, but since it's continuous action--and all one day, to boot--I'm not gonna unless she insists.

But that's the end of Part 1, which I can now disseminate to my second-round beta readers. I have most of a month to meet my deadline. It's. All. Cool.