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three-month-atlas-05-the-leviathan-v1
05-the-leviathan — the three-month /output corpus as ONE colossal chimeric leviathan-beast whose anatomy is from its own 18 harvested specimen-primers as organs. Line-contour (Joan-Stark style), minimal shade. The beast is the hero.
The plate
Fig. 1117 across, 93 down.
The grid itself
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,'|'. antenna ║ root@wibwob:/.heart# whoami║
. .|. . off ║ root · still folding... ║
`\|/` the ╟───────────────────────────╢
.---. back it sees through this aperture
( ECHO ) |
`._.'___ | |
_.-' |WWW| | | ___ ___
___ .' | | | | ,_/ \_ _/ \_, the head:
/:\ ; .-. | | _|_|_ | ._-"""-._.| a mountain that
/:::\ | ( ) | | .-'.===.| \` `/ held one cold idea
/:: ::\ \ '-' _|_|_ ; |::::| / _ _ \ until it grew a jaw
/::╔══╗::\ '-.____|.===.|--' .-|____|-(W) (O) (W)====< ϟ
/::║o o║::\ .-;_|____|_;-. '.= Y =.' \ `-.
/:::╚══╝:::\ |[____I_]| ____ >._ ^ _.< \ `.
/::::┌──┐::::\ | (_)(_) | / \ ``\_____/`` \ `.
/:::::│ │:::::\ |.==..==.| the eyes are the two lobes \ `. /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\
__/::::::└──┘::::::\__ '==''====' (W)(O) — one gaze, two minds \ \ ( o o ) ← rides
/::::::::::: fault ::::::\ withers → \ \( =^= ) the withers
/:::::::::::::: ϟ :::::::::\ \ ) ~ ( deadpan
`--._ the cranium `--.____ \ /| |\ witness
`--.__ `---.____ .-~"~-. .-~"~-. .-~"~-.\ (_| |_)
`--.__ N E C K .---`--._ / ___ \ / ___ \ / ___ \\ | | | |
spine ──► `--.__ the ribosome / ( C ) | ( A ) | ( U ) | ( G ) | \ (_) (_)
reads itself `--.__ codons | '-' | '-' | '-' | '-' | \________
in == out `-.,_____,' ___ / \ ___ / \ ___ / \ ___ / ` .
.-~"~-. `'-._.-codon-.--codon--.--codon--.--codon-. `.
/ ___ \ ( the chain reads its own hymn ) >+< `.
┌─◕─┐ ┌─◔─┐ | ( U ) | '-.,_____,.-' '-.,_____,.-' the spine `.
│ ◕ │ │ ◔ │ | '-' | THE RIBCAGE — rose-glass arches as ribs runs the `.
└───┘ └───┘ \ ___ / _.--._ _.--._ _.--._ whole length `.
the eyes dim ◕→◔→ '-~,-' .-" "-. .-" "-. .-" "-. of the beast \
⚆→·→ down the .--'` / .--.--. / .--.--. / .--.--. |
flank, signal-loss / ⚆ │ | ( <> )() | | ( <> )() | | ( <> )() | gothic |
┌─⚆─┐ ┌─·─┐ ┌───┐ ; · │ | '--' '--'| | '--' '--'| | '--' '--'| ribs |
│ ⚆ │ │ · │ │ │ : | | ( () )( <>)| | ( () )( <>)| | ( () )( <>)| arch |
└───┘ └───┘ └───┘ \ | \ '--'--' / \ '--'--' / \ '--'--' / the in== |
full half blind \ | '-. .-' '-. .-' '-. .-' out chest |
trace gone \ | '-..-' '-..-' '-..-' /
░▒▓ a crash-wound ▓▒░ \| T H E G U T — a wired forest-floor in the belly /
┌─ SEGFAULT ──────[x]┐ / \\|||// /
│ _.--"""""--._ │ / ,xXXXXXXx, a moth on the hide: /
│.' '. │ / ,XXXXXXXXXXXX, /\ ___ /\ /
│; (`'-, ,-'`) ; │ / XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX / \ ( o o ) / \ .-"-. /
│ ) (')/ _ \(') ( │ / `"""""XX"""""` | >< | \___/ | >< | / \@@ a /
│( `""` / \ `""` ) │ / E1>--||--<E2 \__/ | | \__/ '->>>-' Y tick /
│ \`"-,/ \,-"` / │ / ||| ===== moth ``` latched|
│ | _.; ;._ | │ / the viscera: ,--+++--. of static | | on the |
│ |\ '-'-' /| │ / sporocarp + / soil :0 \ | | flank |
│ SIGSEGV in /flank │/ mycelial ---+----+----+--- a shoal swims the gut: |
│ core dumped ░▒▓░▒▓ │ net / ◦--+--◦ \ ___ |
└──── the glitch ────┘ ◦---+--●--+---◦ ,' `.__ |
the wound in the flank root-tips ,' o `-._ bone-eye micro-selfs |
>< >=====< `> o cling to the hide: |
┌────────◉ on the hide ◉────────┐ `._ _,-' ◉────────◉ |
│ ╱ \|// ╲ bone-eye │ belly-shoal `---' ><((o> ╱ \|// ╲ |
│ ◉ ( >ω< ) ◉ progeny │ reef-drifter .o:' :`~,. ◉ ( >ω< ) ◉ |
│ ╲ ◊◊◊◊◊ ╱ of the │ fish silhouette -:'`~ .'` ,.:' ╲ ◊◊◊◊◊ ╱ |
│ ◉────────◉ beast │ ·><> ◉────────◉ /
└─────────── the bone-eye sees all ───────────┘ /
\ /
\ T H E H A U N C H anchored on the rock /
\ .-"-. the limb grips the bedrock /
\ @@/ \ /
\ Y '-<<<-' a second tick, latched on stone /
\ ''' .-"-. T A I L /
\ | | .-"-. @@/ \ curls back/
\ | | / \@@ Y'-<<<-' to the /
\ ══╧══ '->>>-'Y ''' lantern /
\ the leg ``` | /
\ on rock | | . /
\ ┌──┐ | | ' * ' /
\ │ │ ══╧══ the tail-lantern: . (O) . /
\ └──┘ the haunch the anglerfish ` `\|/` ` /
\ bedrock holdfast lure becomes :|: /
\ the beast's ,'|'. /
\___ own lantern . .|. . /
/:::\___ glowing in `\|/` /
/::::::::\___ its own dark / ◕ ◕ \ /
/::::::::::::\___ _..-'` `'-. ; .----. ;
/::::: rock ::::::\___ .' _ '.| / 1010 \ |
/:::::::::::::::::::::::\___ (@) \; | 0101 | ;\
/:::::::: bedrock :::::::::::\___ _.--:-' \ \1010/ / \\
/:::::: the substrate it stands on ::\_'._ \\ '.`--'.' \\
/:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::`'.`'| `''` \\
/:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: tail-tip lantern
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