One ready-made excuse

Take this and vanish gracefully.

This autoresponder confirms I am unavailable due to recovery time because my bandwidth finally filed formal paperwork and several unlicensed omens. Service drama, room requests, and radio traffic can be handled by the people wearing sensible shoes. Replies will arrive after the moon returns my executive function. Urgent service needs belong with the team on shift, who are heroically still standing. The pigeons have already reviewed the fallback plan.

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Tweak it, steal it, disappear for a while. Leave the breadcrumb if it feels charming.

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