normal people don't get multi year paid vacation to get the mood right.
First of all, Runey's not taking a "multi-year" vacation. Where did you conjure such a fantasy? Last update was 2023 June, now it's 2024 april, that's less than a year, much less "multi-year"
Second, you clearly don't know how the creative industry works. It's all about getting the mood right. It's not like your typicall white-collar or blue-collar work, where you write up 10 powerpoints or dig 50 holes a day to measure progress.
Case in point: William Faulkner, one of the most renowned authors in American history, wrote a singular book in 1930. It's a book titled
As I Lay Dying.
Faulkner wrote that in a bout of creativity; in fact, it only took him 48 days to actually write the book.
Does that mean he was just sitting on his ass for the other 312 days? No, because creativity comes in ebbs and flows. I bet you that as Runey's living his daily life, he gets glimpses of what future direction to take HH here and there. And that spontaneous, unpredictable, ebb-and-flow of creativity is what makes art beautiful.
Who wants to play a game or read a book by a robot dev who writes 200 words and produces 10 images a day, every day, like a souless ghoul?