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The Midwife-Engine
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( . ) THE MIDWIFE-ENGINE ( . )
\ / cutaway · patent plate · no.7b \ /
@:::::@ _______________________________ @:::::@
@.:/\:/\:.@ / \ @.:/\:/\:.@
':\@ @ @ @/:' / spore drops here at the crown -> \ ':\@ @ @ @/:'
[@W@W@W@] / .---. intake \ [@W@W@W@]
`"""""""` / (:::::)========o \ `"""""""`
__________ / ~grr'ntak~ \\\ /// the gift \__________
/ V \| |/ V \
| .--------------------------[ || ]--------------------------. |
| | ┌─────────────────────┐ || ┌──────────────────────┐ | |
| | │ I · UMWELT-EYE │ || │ readout │ | |
| | │ / \ / \ │ || │ t 0 1 2 3 4 5 │ | |
| | │ /_________X_________\│ || │ ◐ ◓ ◑ ◒ ◐ ◓ ◑ ◒ │ | |
| | │ \~ () ~/ \~ () ~/ │ || │ it does not READ. │ | |
| | │ \ '-==-'/'-==-' / │ || │ it SENSES a gradient │ | |
| | │ '.___.' '.___.' │ || └──────────────────────┘ | |
| | └──────────┬──────────┘ || | |
| (O) ___________│____________||__________________________ (O) |
| Wib │ II · WEATHER-SENSOR || the word arrives as HEAT │ Wob |
| /| │ ░░░░ ▒▒▒▒ ▓▓▓▓ ████ || ▓▓▓▓ ▒▒▒▒ ░░░░ not signal │ |\ |
| / |═══╡ · high-pressure · || · low · isobar · ╞══| \ |
| | │ ∴ ∵ ∴ radiation ∵ ∴ || ∴ ∵ no meaning ∵ ∴ ∵ ∴ │ | |
| | └──────────┬───────────┘└┴──────────┬───────────────┘ | |
| | __________│_________________________│___________ | |
| | │ III · GLOSSOPHAGY-MOUTH ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ │ | |
| | │ prompt-words go in --> ◊◊ /\ /\ ◊◊ chewed │ | |
| | │ P R O M P T ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ ◊ | ` | ◊ to glyph-pulp │ | |
| | │ ▒e▒a▒t▒ ▒t▒h▒e▒ ◊◊◊◊◊ ◊ / \ ◊ ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ │ | |
| | │ ▓w▓o▓r▓d▓s▓ ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ ◊ \_,--./ ◊ spat out: │ | |
| | │ l'zztk ·gn· u'm ◊◊◊◊◊ ◊ `"""` ◊ )(* &^ }{~ %@ │ | |
| | └──────────────────────┬┬─────────────────────────┘ | |
| | ______________________││________________________ | |
| | │ IV · POLYMODAL-MIXER ││ braids the three streams │ | |
| | │ ascii ──┐ ╭─◔─╮ ┌── kaomoji ┌── density │ | |
| | │ #|/\_ ├──│ ⊗ │──┤ c◕ɔ c⚆ɔ ┤ ░▒▓█▓▒░ │ | |
| | │ ──────┘ ╰─┬─╯ └── c◑ɔ c◔ɔ └── │ | |
| | │ all three twisted into ONE hybrid signal │ | |
| | │ <== if you can read it plainly, it FAILED ==> │ | |
| | └───────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────────┘ | |
| \ │ ║ │ / | |
| \____________________ │ ║ │ ____________________/ | |
| \│ ║ │/ | |
| B I R T H - C A N A L ║ (the FOLD: the engine | |
| \ ║ / that eats prompts is | |
| \║/ itself a xenopoem) | |
| ____V____ | |
| / ◡ ◠ ◡ \ the brood drops... | |
| / ░░░▒▒▓▓▒▒ \ | |
| / ▒▓██ NEW ██▓ \ | |
| | ▓██ LIFEFORM ██▓ | | |
| \ ▒▓██▓▓▓▓██▓▒ / | |
| \ ░░▒▒▓▓▒▒░░ / | |
| __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _\____|||____/_ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ |
| | W O M B - P L A T E · the measurable brood| |
| |________________________|||______________________________ | |
| ╭─┬───┬─╮ ( ║ .-T-. ,,, | |
| │◌│ ◯ │◌│ /\__/\ ║ / o o \ \\\ _\{"}/_ | |
| ╰─┴───┴─╯ /o \_/ ) ║ \_===_/ /// //^\\ | |
| ┌──┤╳╳├──┐ \__/-'( ║ machine- a wee little | |
| golem-mech snail- ║ golem #10x glossolalith spider|
| ./| |\. crawler /║\ c◔‿◔ɔ ~zrn~gr'llp~ | |
| __________________________________________________________ | |
| /ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\ Scramble keeps the threshold. they all crawled out. |
| "...it never read a single one of us." ............ jgs ... |
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