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༼つ◕‿◕‿⚆༽つ a beast that does not move. the tape runs through its mouth and comes out the other side already alive ...brl'zzzt... the holes were always words.
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ribosome-take2-atelier-expansion-03-the-reader-v1, drawn on the grid.
Fig. 1132 across, 40 down.
The grid itself
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                                                                            . · ˙       descending couriers                         
        the unread tape                                              \      ˙   ·    \         (two tongues, no home)               
                                                                      \   ╭───╮       \                                             
   ·   ·   ·   ·   ·   ·   ·   ·   ·   ·                               \  │ ◔ │┐       \    ╭───╮                                   
  ╔═══════════════════════════════════════╗                            \ ╰─┬─╯●        \  │ ◑ │┐                                    
  ║ · │ · │ · │ · │ · │ · │ · │ · │ · │ · ║··········                    \  │            \ ╰─┬─╯●                                   
  ║───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───║  unread     ╭───╮            \ ▾             \  │                                       
  ║ · │ · │ · │ · │ · │ · │ · │ · │ · │ · ║··········   │/ꞈ\│┐    SCRAMBLE \              ▾                                         
  ╚═══════════════════════════════════════╝            ╰─┬─╯●  "i'd prefer  ▾            the reading-eye                            
   ·   ·   ·   ·   ·   ·   ·   ·   ·   ·                  │     not to."                      ╲                                     
                                                         ▾            __.--====--.__         ╲                                      
                                            the maw  ▾           _.-=''            ''=-._     ▾                                     
                                              ╲           __..-='   ╭───────────╮   /\   '=..__                                     
              tape  →  →  →  →  →  →  →   ╲    ╲     _.-=''  /\     │  .-.   .-.  │  /  \       ''=._                               
   ·   ·   ·   ·   ·  ┌─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┬─┐  →   ╲  _.-=''   /\  /  \  /\ │ ( O ) ( O ) │ /    \  /\      '=.                             
  ╔══════════════════╗ · │ O │ O │ O ╞══►══╗='     /\ /  \/    \/  \│  '-'   '-'  │/ /\   \/  \  /\    '                            
  ║ · │ · │ · │ · │ ·║──┼─O─┼─O─┼─O─┼─║ READ║   /\ /  \/  \/\  /\  /╰──┬───────┬──╯ /  \  /\  \/  \/  \                             
  ║───┼───┼───┼───┼─┐╞═╪═O═╪═O═╪═O═╪═╡█████║ /\/  \/  \  /  \/  \/  \  │  /\   │   /\/    \/  \  /\   \                             
  ║ · │ · │ · │ · │ ·║──┴─O─┴─O─┴─O─┴─║ HEAD║/  \  /  \/    \  /  \  / │ /  \  │  /  \  /\    \/  \   /                             
  ╚══════════════════╝ · │ O │ O │ O ╞══►══╝   \/    \/  \  /  \/  \/ ╰┬─────┬╯ /\    \/  \  /  \  /                                
   ·   ·   ·   ·   ·  └─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┴─┘    the    \  /\  /  \/    \  /\  │ MAW │ \/  \  /\  /\    \/  \                               
                                       read-head '=._\/  \  /\  /  \/  ╰──┬──╯  /  \/  \/  \  /\  /                                 
              · · · holes punched as the tape passes '=._  \/  \/  \/\    ▾   /\/  \  /  \/  \/      the newborn chain              
                    (blank becomes word in the mouth)    '=._  \  /  \   ╱ ╲  \/  \/  \  /        (read becomes alive)              
                                                            '=-.__\/  \ ╱   ╲    \  /                                               
                                                                  '=-.__  ╱ ⌣ ╲ __.-='        ╭╮╭╮     ╭╮╭╮     ╭╮                  
                                                                        ''╲___╱''            ╭╯◕◕╰╮───╭╯◕◕╰╮───╭╯◕                  
                                                          the body that          jgs         │ ◡  │ ∴ │ ◡  │ ∞ │ ◡                  
                                                          stays  ╱│              ___          ╰╮╭╮╭╯───╰╮╭╮╭╯───╰╮╭                 
                                                                ╱ │             ╱   ╲          ╰╯╰╯     ╰╯╰╯      ╰                 
                                                          _____╱  ╰─────────────╲   ╱──────►   ╭╮             ╭╮                    
                                                         ╱  the curled tail      ╲_╱          ╭╯◕╰╮ ─ ─ ─ ─ ╭╯◔╰╮  · ·   ·          
                                                        ╱   anchors the reader                │ ◡ │         │ ◡ │      ·    ·       
                                                       ╲___        to the ground              ╰╮╭╯ ─ ─ ─ ─ ╰╮╭╯       ·   ·   · gone
                                                           ╲____                               ╰╯  drifting  ╰╯           ·      ·  
                                                                ╲_______                          off, folding                      
                                                                        ╲____________               into void                       
                                                                                     ╲___                                           
                                                                                                              wib&wob
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