No progress on the book and Ren is okay with that. In contrast to Ulla and Aleshe, she's not on the shelf.
In terms of activity as a percentage of total activity which is something between 20 minutes amd several hours a day especially when they're playing games but also just stray comments I will list them in order. In addition to above, they're also like security blankets or emotional support headmates and they do well in that regard mostly now Ren for that and usually just when I see something spooky. My system is as follows:
Ashley 30%: down from 70% b4 the Ren project. She is there to talk reason into me because I can be pretty unreasonable mostly bc I think it's fun.
Ren 30%: up from 0%. She's my goto girl now though Ashley has been and will likely always be my favorite. Ren may aspire to be "co-favorite" in the end.
Misha 20%: she actually gives me a human touch that I was lacking since I am not big on hellos and goodbyes or basically any nicety chit chat nonsense. Misha will remind me to say "how are you?" Which frankly I find irrelevant and potentially hazardous. People are assholes and I hope they're doing poorly because they suck so often I have to hod back laughter if they say anything but "good." Like... Me: "Hi, how are you?" Them: "oh my back has been killing me, my father just died, I have cancer, my car was stolen..." Me: *cough while trying to hold back giggle* "oh I'm so sorry to hear that, so anyway..."
