15 - Truth Remains Unseen

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Again a bit more work related stuff, to show that there's actually colleagues who'd gladly get rid of Keith. I know he has to endure a lot right now, and it won't get much better in the foreseeable future, sorry! It was important to me to show his pokerface a bit here, since he appeared pretty honest with his emotions so far - of course he's not like that at work. Jurji is an exception because they're more close (and yes, they had a relationship once... it's not very important for the plot itself, but it matters to explain why Jurji treats him relatively softly).

Regarding the old version(s): In the very first version I had a scene where Keith had to punish a traitor and has beaten him to the ground. It was actually a very bad way of introducing Keith, so I canceled this scene in later versions. But: There was always the matter of his condition endangering his position, and I think in the last version the whole mafia/work thing came off too "neat". lol Of course this isn't a harmonic job at all. XD Since I've been continously working on changing the plot, the rivalry will play a more important role, too.

Another thing I probably need to mention: I'm aware that the plot (and maybe also style/character design?) changes scared away all of the old readers. I'm sorry I messed up the story in your opinion obvs. I think it'd be better to view this one as its own, independent story. Especially the whole plot with Kaz should be seen as a different, old story. I'm also sorry that I killed Kaz, it wasn't an easy decision at all, but I want to focus this version more on other things. I think, at this point I'll stop sharing comparisations with the old version and only look ahead. Since there's no old readers left, it might also be confusing to refer to the old versioins all the time. ^^"

And overall, I'm much more happy with this version and especially the changes. I don't regret any of them.