And the grind is over, hopefully without permanent damage to my hands from all the mousing and mashing, we'll see.
Sub-9 is certainly possible, this run had its share of time losses in act 1 in particular, also lassoless at the end of act 4. But at least I got my redemption after fumbling away two basically identical paces in Act 5 :) And if you ignore the fact that the 9-minute barrier is right there, it's a very solid run. I'm happy to leave this here - and kind of need to, before my wrists become the latest victim of this murder mystery...
Played in DOSBox 0.74, maximum cycles.