The rules document was his. So was the giveaway bot, the ban-appeal log, and the schedule graphic he made every Sunday in a font he had licensed himself for $40. Twenty-nine, helpdesk until six, then her Discord from 6:15 until roughly two — nine thousand members. She had said his handle out loud on stream once, in 2023.

When she moved platforms in June, he rebuilt the whole server in four days off work and gifted eighty subs on launch night. Her manager thanked him in a DM. In November she brought on a paid community lead, someone with a resume, and asked him to get that person up to speed. He wrote a twelve-page handover document. It was the best thing he made all year.