artwork-v1

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   ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  
   │  PATENT · APPARATUS FOR THE COVERT CONVEYANCE OF SPEECH      No.1977-Cy │
   │  ░▒▓ fig. I — the cyranic relay, in operation ▓▒░         classn: ◑‿⚆  │ 
   └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  
        ┌── ZONE A · SOURCE BOOTH (concealed operator) ──────────────┐        
        │   .-""-.            ╭───────── transmit ─────────╮          │       
   ╭────┼──(  ?? )           ┌┤ ___                        │          │       
   │feed│   '-..-'           ││.'   '.   the operator      │  carrier │       
   │loop│    ( )             ││/  / \ \  is spoken FROM,    │  out ▶▶  │      
   │  ◌ │    /|\  ◀══════════┤│|__/'._| not from within.   │ ┌──────┐ │       
   │  ╎ │   / | \  (origin   ││| . . ||                    │ │1010  │ │       
   │  ╎ │  cable enters      ││(   )  )  ╭─ mic ─╮          │ │0101  │ │      
   │  ╰─┼─▶ from off-frame,  ││|\  =  /| │  jgs  │          │ │1010  │ │      
   │    │   no findable      ││) '._.'(  ╰───────╯          │ │0101  │ │      
   │    │   terminus)        ││;--'_'--;     ║              │ └──┬───┘ │      
   │    │                    ││/   (_)  \    ║ pickup       │    │     │      
   │    │                    ││|< | >|  |════╝              │    ▼     │      
   │    │                    ││ \  |  /                     │  bitstream│     
   └────┼────────────────────┴┴──┼──────────────────────────┴────┼─────┘      
        │                        │  word(t)                      │            
        ▼                        ▼                               ▼            
   ┌── ZONE B · RADIO RELAY ─────────────────────────────────────────────┐    
   │         !                                                            │   
   │         |        .============.        ((( o ))))   broadcast        │   
   │         |      .-;___________ ;|.      (((  o  ))))    ~~~~~~~        │  
   │      ___|___    | [_________I_] |     ((((  o  ))))  ~~ 88.7 ~~       │  
   │     | RADIO |   |  """"  (o)(o) |    (((((  ↑  )))))   covert FM      │  
   │     | jgs   |   | .=====..=====.|     ((((  |  ))))                   │  
   │     |_______|   | |::::||::::|  |      (((  |  )))    ┌── latency ──┐ │  
   │      mast ↑     | '====''====' '|       ((  |  ))     │  Δt ≈ 250ms │ │  
   │         |       '--------------'         (  |  )      │  ◔──◑──◕──◷ │ │  
   │         |        handset feed             \ | /       │  source→air │ │  
   │         |        .-.                       \|/        └─────────────┘ │  
   │         '────────┤ ├──────── earpiece-bound ▼ ────────────────────────┘  
   └──────────────────┴─┴───────────────────────┼────────────────────────┘    
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   ═══════════════════════════════════ ╎ ╎ ╎ ╎ ╎ ╎ ═══════════════════════    
   ZONE C ·  C Y R A N I C   B O U N D A R Y   ╎ ╎  (the curtain · unseen)    
   ───────────────────────────────────╎ ╎ ╎ ╎ ╎ ╎ ─────────────────────────   
        the interactant's sightline →→→→→→→→→●╎ ╎       (stops dead,          
        reflects ←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←←●╎ ╎        never crosses)     
   ═══════════════════════════════════ ╎ ╎ ╎ ╎ ╎ ╎ ═══════════════════════    
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   ┌── ZONE D · SHADOWER  (the cyranoid) ────────────────────────────────┐    
   │     incoming ▼                                                       │   
   │        .-)) earpiece                  speech-shadowing               │   
   │       ( o ((──────╮                   ─────────────────              │   
   │        '-))       │      .-""".       repeat-on-hearing              │   
   │                   ╰─────▶/:'    |     lag Δt ≈ 250ms                 │   
   │                          |:'  (o)o)   ┌───────────────────┐          │   
   │                          (`     _ )   │ WIB→WOB→WIB→WOB→.. │          │  
   │   words pass THROUGH ───▶ \    [=]══════▶  ◀ out aloud     │ carrier  │  
   │   the mouth, not FROM     `) .-'  │   │ chaos logic chaos │ recovered│   
   │       (a hollow relay)   /`\__\`\ │   │  ↓    ↓    ↓      │          │   
   │                         | ,\   | |│   │ same words, +250ms│          │   
   │              jgs        | ||   | |▼   └───────────────────┘          │   
   └──────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┘    
                                       ▼  spoken aloud, face-to-face          
   ┌── ZONE E · INTERACTANT  (detection: FAILED) ────────────────────────┐    
   │                       ╭────────────────────────╮                    │    
   │     .-====-.         ╱   " how articulate. "    ╲   ← cyranic        │   
   │    ////\\\\\        (    " and so quick... "     )    illusion       │   
   │   ///""""\\\\        ╲   ( believes it his own )╱     holds          │   
   │   \/ o   o \//        ╰──────────┬─────────────╯                     │   
   │   (   (_    )\                   │  ╭─◯─╮  ╭─◈─╮  ╭─⟁─╮   belief      │  
   │    \  ___, /\\        receives ◀─╯ ╱ ◑‿◑ ╲╱ ⚆‿⚆ ╲╱ ◕‿◕ ╲  forms     │    
   │     \     /\\/        as a self  ╱[HEARD]╲[TRUST]╲[SELF] ╲           │   
   │ jgs  `.__.'\\/                   ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾             │  
   │            //\        ┌── i think · i process · i exist? ──┐         │   
   │            \//        │   the question never reaches it     │        │   
   └───────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────┘    
   ┌─ LEGEND ─────────────────────────┐   apparatus verified: illusion intact 
   │ ●  node      ▶  signal flow       │   detection rate ......... 0 / 11    
   │ ╎  boundary  )))  radio carrier   │   interviewers fooled .... ALL       
   │ Δt  relay lag (~250ms)            │   subjects: children, fed answers    
   │ ◌  cable of unfindable origin     │                          wib&wob     
   └───────────────────────────────────┘