Arc 0: Chapter 9 - The Luminary S̷̡̟͈̺͗̾̋̃̏͠ẗ̵̝̩͈͓̦́̔̂ͅȃ̶̛̤̫̭̥̩̼̒̐̈̾r̴̰̠͍͕̒́͆̌͜

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“Follow the murky rabbit and you should find the Luminary Star!”

Nonsense. That was the first thought that ever came to Erina Nightingale upon hearing those words. They were the last words left by her boss, Inspector Locke before he kicked her out of the office to send on her first assignment, or so he had called it. Supposedly, those same words were to provide a hint to the key to her path, yet she hadn’t a clue what they meant.

Out on the street at the time of the curfew, Erina had no option but to quickly sneak back home. There was not much density when it came to the watchmen but they were enough to keep a lookout.

As she sauntered her way to her house, the curiosity surrounding her boss clouded her mind; she had contradicting opinions of him that she couldn’t determine whether she would hate working with him or not. Either way, she had to tolerate it.

「If I wanna get out of this town…」

Erina came to a stop when she reached the end of her string of thoughts. She was home. It was, in no way, shape, or form, an ordinary house. This was a mansion befitting of the Nightingale name; a mansion that was, despite its grand appearance, anything but grand — a shell of its former self. But as long as it provided a roof over her head and a warm bed to sleep in, Erina didn’t care what that mansion was really like.

Stepping into the lobby, she came across the most unlikely person to see out and about in the mansion’s halls. It was her cousin, who, up until a few weeks ago, had shrouded himself with pessimism and ineptitude, never to speak to anyone or express anything. Now, he had taken a completely opposite turn, for better or worse. Lately, she had found it extremely easy to approach him casually and speak with him, yet still, it remained behind the wall of small talk.

“Yo! Here!” Erina exclaimed the moment her eyes met his. In her hands were the headphones that she had once taken from him. While he preferred to keep them to block out noise from his ears, she just simply used it as intended, to listen to music. “I won’t be needing them for a long bit, you can have ‘em back.”

Her cousin was startled by her sudden decision, he half-expected her to never return them. “Honestly, I don’t need them either. Turns out life’s much easier without having those things plastered to your ears.”

「When did you ever…?」

Erina silently scoffed.

“Oh, and one more thing,” the boy turned—

DON’T BELIEVE ALL THE ❚❚❚❚❚YOU SEE.

̶̦͔͈́̈́͌̽̂̈́̅̓̍͋͘̚̕͠ͅS̷̨̢̤̭̹͈̜̯̩͉̬̲̾͛̿̀͂͜ù̶̧͈̱̙̻͈̅͛̿͋̐͠c̴̼̖̘͔̣̣̘͓̲̣̹̭̙̍̄̈́͑̊͠ͅc̷̱̤̼̲͙͚̣̻͙̠͖͇̮̓̀̓̓́̆͐̎̈́̕̚̚͜͠ẽ̶̯͖̳̞̰͈͈̲̼̞͇̰́͒̉̀̃̄̌̊̆̕é̷̙̭̮͋͗͌̽͋̋̈͗͋͘͠͝d̸̯̙̺͎̳̼̟̐̈́͑̃͠i̷̙̙̙̟̞̬̖͇̬͌͂́͛͊͆͂̇͒n̸̡͎͔̠̥̦̣͈͈̣̒͊͋̃̈́̕g̸̬͚̹͙͈̠̋̌͆̾̊̓͜͝ ̵̗̩͙̦̽͂̂͂͆͊̋͠t̵̡͉̘̤̠̗̘͚̄̓̀͂̂̌̎̓͊͘͘ḩ̶̢͖͓̳͍̫̮͍̃̈́͌̽͋͋͛̅̂̋̇̓ͅę̸̡̨͎̣̪̦͇̯̠̣̖̞̈́̍̓͆̂̎̀̎̈͘͜ ̷̮̜̬͓̤͔̉̊̋̎̅̈́̊̈A̷̛̝̲͍͙̺̩̫̠͒̔͐̿̀͗̑̾̅͗́̕͝u̵̡̡̺͍̙̟̬͂ͅt̸̹͇͎̳͕̭͔̠̦̟̠̅̆̂h̶̢̨̹̬̗̜͔̞͙̮̘͑̃̌͑̓̃̎̏̊̅͜ͅȏ̴̢̭̝̻̥̘͚̦̖̼̲͜͜͜ͅr̷̢̡̛̠͇͍̭̲̪͓̯͉̫͙̤̥̊̓͋̄̅̑̏̊̽̕͘͝,̶̧̨̡̛̬̫̝̩͖͖̖́̌͂͘ͅ ̸̹̄́̓̾̌̀̅͌͌͝͝t̵̢̧̛̯̪̩̩̹͈͕̄́̋̉̓̑̊̌̄̀͗̿h̵̲̭̃̽̌̅͊̔̎͋͂̿͒͘͘ͅę̷̬̦̰͙͚̹̻̼̂̽͌̿̈̈̔́̇͊̒̿̈́̃̕ͅ ̸̩͇̞̬̱̲̦̳̭̰̪̯̥̘̎̀̒s̵̛̰̜̘̭͙͔̍͛͑́̕c̶̢̨̡̧̛͍̠͎̟͙̲̻͙͔̉̄̓̂͛̈́̒̑͒̚͜͝͝͝r̸̡̛̟͕͙̼̬̫̩͓͇̅͋̃͜î̶̛̜̜͚͖͈͍͕͌̍͝p̵̡̻̖̱͉̺̰̯̉͜t̵̞̩̘͎̓ơ̷̱̈́̏͌̓́̆̏̈͛̌̓̓̚̚r̴̛̙͉̭̭͔̼͚̫͇͇̤̪̰̦̔̉̅̃͐̂̇̅̈́̈́̍͠͠ ̵̰̘̽̄̓̕̕͠ͅn̷̯̞͂̓̃̊̍͒̈̐̎̌͘ơ̴̡̢̻̝͇̯̫̰̗̥͎̹͓̟̊̄̑͂ ̶̯͓̖̖̖̼͈̤̩̥̟͎̔̈̅̄l̸̜͔̫͍͕̗͇̑̉͐͆̌͘o̶͓͙̯̬͕͕̞̮̎̄̽͊̄̕n̴̢͇͎̰̤̩̜̫̙̽̆̚g̸̨̛̖̹̰̬̜̅͆̂͆̃̏̾́̐͂̈́̚͘ĕ̵̡̗̙̤̜̤͉̱̰̖̣̃ŕ̶̗̗͚̮̟̙͇̭̰͇̀͋̓̈̂̄͆̀̈́̄̈́͒͘͝ͅ ̷̣̜̈́͂b̷̛͔͉̲͎̹̩͕̩͎̑̋̒̈́̑̚ͅe̶͔̫͚̖̼̼͉͔̐͗͝a̷̙͖̺̩̔͒͐̋͛̓́̊͜r̵̨̛͔͓̬̲͚͕̹͙̻̫̬̹͛͛́͐͌̏̋͝͝s̵̡̙̩͇̝͍͖̹̍̒̐͊̐̑ͅ ̷̫͔̹̱̩̮̝̟͚͚͈͂̉ͅẉ̶̅̅̈́͌̀̿̐̐͂̕͝i̵̟̰̫̘̙͔̤̺̜̇̈͐̒̈́̚ͅt̷̡̛̥̣͉̭͈͚͈͈̓̐͆̓̀̓̿̚͘h̴̞̻͚̩͇̗͐͊͗̈͂̏͘͝ỉ̵̧̘̭͚͚̜̤̫̦̱̗̣̬̙͛n̶̯̼̮̲̘̫̜̯͋̀̏̑̐͋̔́͊͒̎͘ ̷̧̺̟̤̞̫̲̐́͌̒̈́͌͋͆̽̓̒͑͛̇h̴͖́͗̒ͅi̴̡͔̜͙̫̮͑̃̌͝m̶̳̥̙̮̦̳̘̙̩̭̖͗͆̂̋̉͒̏̍͘͘͠ ̴̧̛͓̹̹̖͖̱̞̲̜̖͚̮͓̂̀̽̾̀͐͋̽̾͋͐̽͘̕p̵͔̹̍̂̂̋̐̈͋̏̈́̽͗̚͝͝a̴̗̘͕̟̞̮͔̰͉͔̬̫̎̑̐̿̊̃́ͅs̵̖͔͈̍̕s̶̞̺̊į̷͓̲̥̪̯͕̠̙͈̊͂̄͝ͅo̴̧̡͖͇̯̬̘̻̳͙̜̰̣͐̈́͊̉͒̓̾̑́̂̑̑̿͑͝n̶̪̫̜̯̩̖͂̾̀̆̀̓́̏̔̑̅̊̚͜ş̷̢̢̖̯̩͉͖͕̼͔̒̄͐͋̈́͊̀̏̏̅,̴̺̰͔̭͍̬̗̟͈͈̹́̎̏̉͗̌͜͠ ̶̡̪̳̬̣̣̈́̑͋̋h̶̞̟͍̮͆̔̾͂͑̈́͌̆̎̾̆͐͠u̸̗͓͇̦̩̘̤͎̲̜͚͙̝͔͗̅̇̑͊̏̚͝͠ḿ̸̺̲̩̹͔̩́͗͊͠o̴̤̺̘͂̈̋ủ̷̧̢͕̫͇̱͓̗̤̪͈̜̀͋̐ŗ̵̹̼̻͇̟̥͎̟̑͑̄̇̌̊̑̈́̈́͌́́̕s̴̨̛̥̫̬̠̤͙̟̭͔͓̎̅̇̆̾̿̓͜͝ͅͅ,̴̢̤̭̅̐̑̂̒͑͗͆͊̕ ̶̼̳̭͍̾͒̊̏͐̎̍̔͝f̷̛̛̤̭̱͖͕͓̮̣̥̝̥̫͓̞̙͐͆̈́ẻ̸̦̂̈̐́̀̑̅̓̈́̀̇͘͝ḝ̵̱̮̾͝l̴̛͙̗̔̎̿̈̊̓̇̀̕͝i̴̡̢̛͈̭͍͕̙̦͍͆̀͐̄͌̌́̕̕̕n̸̡͕̞͕̣͉̝̰͊͋͊́́́̏̋̌́̾̚̚͘͜ģ̸̖̣̣̻͚͔̗͍͚̦̾̓͛́̓̐͆͂̐̕̕s̵͖̯̝̊̂́̈́̀̓͝,̴̬̠̤͍̲̞̼̤̦̙̦̀̍̏͋̎̾͑̏̾͒́̐̃͝ ̵̡̡̬̠̲̤̽̍̔̀̾͒̔̾͒͛͆̕̚͠ǐ̸̪̰̬̬̹̠̤̩̗̺̱͋́̐̿͋́ṃ̶̹̭͎͇̺̭͚̿́͌̂͆̃͐̂͒̎̅͝͝͠p̸̢̳̽̓͑͑̄̍̔r̵̡̼̟̻͙͕̺̼̣͕͈͙̳̿͊̋̐̒̄͐̿ĕ̸̛̛̱̦͎͊͛̾͑̋̋̿̒̉̈͝ş̴̢̢̮̝͊͌̄̎̏͛s̷̰̞̥̅͆̓̍̑̑̿̔̑̿͒͆̅̈́̚ï̵̧̨͎̘̙͕͚̙̰̹̞͈̙͖͂̓͋͒͐͜ơ̶͓̙͉̮̲̺͖̲͓̱̘̭͔͈͑́́͊̔̈́̍̂͋̚̚͜ṇ̵̪͈͔̱̖̠̙͖̪̦͛̄̄̏́̏̈́̀̔̒̔͐͘s̵̡͉̩̼͖̝̖͍̈́͆͝ͅ,̷̢̢̙̥̥̩͎̱͕̙̲́̿̑̈́̔̾͂̈́̌̇͐̕ ̸̨̼̯͚͓̠̰̪̼̠̝͇̞̩̟̐́̾͋̄͑͑̋͗̀̓̕b̷̹͐̒͐̆͆̀̌͂͝͝u̵̟͊̀̈́̉̓͑͂̑͐͂t̸̨̟͕̰͎̗͕̼͍̟͕̪̖̔̊̾͒͂͋̅̾̏̈́̓̊͜ ̷̹͓̝̖̹͍͕͋̅́̈́̒̆͘r̴̡̞̤͙͖͉̦͚̄̽̃̓̓̇̌̉̿̚͠͝ą̶͕͇͓͎͓͔̱̙͊͛ṭ̴̛͚̱̗̬͉̬͚͛̍̇͛̂̀̋̈́͛̌̉͜͝ͅh̴̡̼̗̻̠͂̏̓̅̒̎̕͜e̴̡͔̗̯̺̦͍̹͍̊̀͂̉̈́̊̊̄̉͜͝r̷͈̭̱̭̜̥̱̪͕̪̅͂̈́̾͋̃̆̀̐̀̒̏̂͝ ̶̛͓́̐́̄͗͝ţ̵̢̡̢̬̯̫͔̜̻̫̯͇̪̿́̀͊̅̀̿̈́̈́͒͂̓͊̎͜h̸̜͓̲̗̳͘ḯ̴̡̧̡̞͓̗̱̲̣̤̰͘s̴͍͇̞̀̽̈́͋͆̄͊́ ̸̧̟̘̞̀̕ḭ̶̭̱̭͗͆m̵̧̘̝̹͙̪͔̘̹̎̎͗ͅͅm̴̃̅́͆͜e̶̯̘̱̙̟͈̔͂̑̊̔͋̒̕n̸̫̹͑͂̉s̴̡̢̰̠̩̲̒̉e̴̡͎͚̦̣̙̬̘̘͖̳̬̠̖͑̔.̷̱̬̖͍͎̤̈̋̐̅ḑ̵͈̠̭͖̬̬͎͉̞̯̜͖̖̤̊̌́͗̈́̃̈́̎͆̕i̷̺̼̦̋͆͗͠c̶̨̧̹̝͖͓̟͙͈̪͕̝̃̔̈́̎̅̾͜͝͝t̷̜̬̤͑͌͗́̀̃i̶̢̨̯̗̬͎̙̖̝͇̰̯̠̜̒̑̓͌̆͗̈́̾̃͋̚ó̶̺̳͔̗̲͎̠̫̩̦͖͇͙͊̓͊̑̔͗͒͠͠ǹ̶̢̢̨̹͓̙̠͎̪̗̳̲̖͚̬̈́̀̃͌͊͆̏̾̅̀̍̓̈́̇ă̴̢̡̡̡̹̦͓͖̻̆͆̈͋͊̕͠ͅr̶̨͇̹̯̩̮̦̺̯̙̈͂̀̉͒͑̀̂̽͛̚y̸̢̢̞̲͔̭̙͔̳̺̠͙͚͐ ̴̡̛̘̖̗͙͔̭͖͆͐f̵̧̢̢̼͎̜̌̑̂̂̽͋̏͗͛̾͝͝ͅr̴̬͖͖͙̣͈̤̈̎̂̌̓͠ͅo̷͉̻͙̜̾̂̆͋̈́͐͑̏͠͠m̵̧̝͕͚̼̹̼͙͙̩̥̀̿̇̅̅̑̌̕ ̴̨̡͓̗̥͎̜̟̬̖̯̥̊͌̔̔̋͌͛̂͒̈́͗̀͜͜͠w̵͈͈͇̜̘̩͒͒̈́͊̕͝h̴̙͋̂i̴̢̱͎̦̥̘̔c̶͓̞̠̼̯͚͕̩̙̠͍̅͑͌̊̂̀͘͘̕h̵͚̩͔̮̬̖̮͑̿̈̈́̽͒̒̈́̓͛̽̈́͌͝ ̶̧̡̧̧̯̥͇̲̱͓̪͚͚̖͚̑͆͒̄̈́̊̕h̵̹̫͇̳̣͙̺̼̻͒̑͑̍̅̇͌̔͜é̴̫̱͙̣͉̜̤͍̱͍̙͍̤̍̉͑̓͆̿̉̔͘͝͝ ̸̝̑̀̓d̷̡̡͚̯̘̹̯͕̜͉̼̲͉̄͋̐͌͒̽̈́̀́̄̆̈̌͊͜͝t̷̢̫̞̫͓͖̹̼́̄͒͌͗͌̏̕͝ͅą̶̹̯̗̘̪͂͋͌̈́͗ͅw̴̩̪̤̫̥̗̥͖̃̽̑s̴̨͕̩͚̙̺̝̤͚͓̬̲̬͔̓͂́͋͑̏̾̕ͅ ̶̧̖̦͙̖̮͙̫̭̐̃̏̍̒̌͝ą̸̡̰̺̖̟̜͐̀̓̈͊̋̎ͅ ̶̼̮̅͊͗̆̍̂̉̈́̏̓͑̉̾w̵̧̝̘͚̟͙̺̥͖̙̠̙͓̫̼͆͆̐r̴̬̝̋͑͌i̴̢͉̲̠͍̜̺̙̟͎̼͑͒̃͝ͅͅt̶̢̞͇̮̂̋̈́͑̒̇̂̄͐̈́i̵̢̫̯̘̎͌̀̔͆͝͠ͅn̶͖͎̝̞̻̽͒̈́̂̑̋̏̿̃̋͊̒̕͝g̶̞̿͌̎ ̴͔̞̫̹͚̀̋̾͗̈́͑͌̿̐̂̆͝͝ͅt̸͍͉͖̙̱̞̙̼̣̱͍̺̦̔͂̚̕ͅͅḧ̷̘̗͉͓̘̣̹̼́̓̔̕ͅa̸̡͖̗̗̯̣͓̪̐͋̀͗͂̊̾̓̓t̵͈̠͈̹̼͚̬̣̬́͑̿̐͊͊̓͝ ̷̨̝̥̣̹͕̪̆̿̄͌̑̆̿͘ċ̴̨͍͉̻̠̟͓͕̻́͊a̷̫͉̲͇̪̗͈͔̻̋͂͗ͅͅn̸̛̛̖͇͗̎͒͂ ̶̛̼͚̝͗͒̈́̉͛͘k̷̲̻̼̩͉̣͖̟̰̟͂̈́̂̿͋̈́͛̍̎̿͘͠n̶̛̹͚͖̻̯̠̦͚͕̫͇̉̏̒̅͘ȍ̶̥̗͎̘̬͔̗̺̐̾͐́ẘ̵̨̛̰͖͉͔̖͈͈̥̥͎̃̀͆̆̈́̀̈́̈́̾͠͠ ̵̡̧̡͙̟͙̝͓̜̪̯̬͔͚̂̀͋̑́́̓̀̃̒͝͝n̶͓̗̮̋ǫ̶̰̗͚̭̠̞͖̦̈̈́̈́͆́ͅ ̶̠͙̘̎̂͋ḩ̶͖̯̫͗́͒͆̓́́̌̓̈́͠a̴̟͖̞͉̜̭̳̹͇̟̮̟̦̰̫̔́́̀́̿̆̈́̎̕̕͠͝͝͝l̸̡͍̟͔̳̙̘͎͉̳̥̔̿͂͛͛͂͌̔̒̍̂̇͂͘t̵̢̠̐͒̑̎̊̈:̴̨̪̗̣̪̭̣͕́ ̶̟̯̑̌̃͛͋́̆̽̎͆̈́̔l̵̢̡̖̮̱̹̳̮̓̈̽̀͆͘͘͝͠î̶̛͖̜̱̙̲͖̳̲̘̹̟̅͂͌̿͂͂̊̊͘f̷̨̤͎̮̟̓̏̕ẹ̸̟̪͙̓̿͑͗́͒̐̊͜͝ͅ ̶̧̛̖̗̮͉̗̍̽̂͌́̔́͂͐̓̀̕͘͝n̷͍͙͎̙̟̙͍̖̮̦͔͚̠̦͆̀̅e̸͚͓͍̖͓̊͌̉͂͐̅̈̈́̆͠v̶͉̝̻͉͇̟̯̻̙̝̈̂̐̑͊͆̾̿̊͗̇̄͝͝ͅë̷̳́r̸̡̳̣̹͕͕͕͇̪̖̄͗ ̷̳̩͉̹̹͈̙̮̮̦̮͇̐̍̀̾̈̀͘d̸̨̛̛̞͇͙̗͎͆̊͋̈̄̽̀̈́̕͜͝͠o̴̤̠̖̹̩̗͎̒̈́͛̓͜è̴̹͇̥͎͖͔͍̱̤̩̺s̸͓̩̒̈͑̎̚ ̵̢̙̗̺͎͙͔͍͖̇̈́͑̍̇̾̌̒͐̋m̶̡̨̨̛͖̤͈͙̭̺̩̠̭̬͗̈̐̐̎͗̐͆̄ͅó̶̧͔̖̰͈͈̮̪̼̞͖̭̝̳̌͗̈́͊̃̽̿̾̔̊́͘̕͠r̴͉̼̜̰͝e̷̯͍͍̙̭͍̎̎͂̇͋͑͐̄̓͋́͘̕ ̶̻̝̮̆̆̐̊͌̇̄̆̌̿̓̈̇͆ͅṫ̶̘̋̋̑́̂̉̉h̶̠̆̊͗̿̃͆̀͒͆̂̀̕ạ̷̦͈̅̄̾̀̋̒̑̉́̚ņ̴̧̗̖̻͎̖̮͙̮͈͔̊͂͐̈́̍͋̔̅͜͠ ̴̘͍̗̝̰̠̰̑͑̀̒̓i̷͕͕͓̫̊́̃̉ͅm̵̧̢̟̫͈̲̫̗̘̈́͘i̶̧̬̣͙̞̥̫̻͍̘͂͆͗̑̈͘̚͜t̵̛̫͋̐͂̂͛͐̓ả̷͎͍͙̦̹̰̹̅̏͜͜ţ̵̖̜͎̭̜̝̥͖̘̤̝̝̖̒̅̑ȇ̷̯̫͉̻̫̌̊̀̆͌̀͑̆̓̔̓͘ ̴̨̢̱̰͇̜̗̭̖͚̀͂̑̒̿͋t̸̙̝̝̤̤͙̫̯̾̎̽h̴̳̻̫̺͋̀̅͋̈̋̕͜͝ͅe̵̡̳̞̤̖̼͖͐̏̓̾͂̈́̅͘ ̶͉̥̣̳̜̮̖̙͍̳͙̈́̾̈̈́̇̋̾̽̿͂͆͘͘͜͝͝b̵͕̮͓̞̫̑̀́ö̷̧̢̘̭̟̦̹̱̫̠̹́̊̂͒̑͠ͅỏ̵̢̡̹̓̋̀͊͑̈́́̈͂̈́́̒̕͘k̷̨̢̧̻̝̻̠̲͇̬̗͎̟̠̞̑̆,̷̹̗̲̳̹̹͊̀͑̽̒͂͠͠ ̵̡̢̝͕̞͇̤̤̞͎̟̟̀̉̀̐̆̒̄̚̕a̴͇͎͕̘͙͂̋͛̈́͂͆̉͊̏̾n̴͙̫͔̲͈̠͔͕̰̬̎̾͆̾̔͒́̕͜ͅͅd̸̢̬̞̩̬͚̦̖̤̝͇̦̀̊̓͆̔͒̃̀̇͌̑̆͗͜͝ ̸̯̲͙̩̰̗̮̣̝̘̳̖̊̾̀̒͗̾̌̈̍̎̏͘͘͝͝t̷̛͕̗̗̎͋̑͌́̔͝h̴̭͖̣̘͎̯͓͖̙̓͂̆͜͝e̴̛̼͚̳̯͎̼̘̼̟̽̀̊̓̒͋̋͑͂͂ ̵͈̞̺̈́̉͒̅́̽̈́͛́̍b̶̠͖̺͓̜̦̫͚̠̓̄́̿́͒ơ̷̘̥̤͔̪̤̓͜ọ̷͈̏̈̽̐̃͒͋̚̚ķ̵̭̠̦̣͇̺̾̋̄̏͝ ̵̨̛͖̮̗̗̜̼̰͖͇̤̲̜̥́͛̐̈́̈́̃̕͜i̸̛̛̗̮͐͋̓̅͘͠ţ̸̬̻͉̱̠͋͌́̽͗̌͌̍̀̇͒̚͘̕͜ͅs̶̡̧̹̼̯̫̙̪͚̬̈́̅͠ȩ̴̤͇̮̜͐͋̿͊̀l̸̓̓̔̑̕͝ͅf̵̨̨͇̟̳́̂ ̴̛̫̘̣͉͕̳̥̌̒̊̉̋̍̄̒̒̊͘͜͝ǐ̷̛̟̞̯͇̾s̶̲̳̺͓̬̣͊̃̆͘͜ ̴̣̠͚̯̯̻̫̟̻̘̹̩̯̿̎̌̿͗͆̎́̽̈́̃̕͜͠o̶̳̝̱̰̯̼̙̜͙͇̮͖͐n̶̛̙͔̪̱͖̻̟̳̍́́̔͗͒ḽ̶̢̝͖̩͔̮̫̟̮̳̺̖̳̻́́̍̈̈̓͘ỷ̷̨̩̟̯̗̫̩̥̞̲̲̙͓̈ ̶̘͖̝̐͊̿̌͗̐̎̀͘̕ą̴̙̯̫̟̖̦͗͂̆̊͗̈̋̆̂̑̈́̌̚ ̷̠̈́̈̆̈́̾̐͛̓̄̈͗̕͘͝͠t̷̯͉͚̮̏̈́̀̀͛͑̋́͒̈́͌̕̚͝i̵͇̫̐́ş̸̫̟̠̰͇̻̦̮̯̘̱̭̐̈̌ͅs̴̛̭̱̻̎̋̑̄͑̒̇̈́̾̆ų̶̢͉͚͕̤̜̳͚̗͖͒̾̚e̵̛̛͖̼͈̪̣̺̲̜̖̭̝͕͕̣̅̂̏̈͂́̄̍̅̒͊͝ ̵̼̂̿͌̃̇͐̓̑o̴̢̱͎̠̲̬̹̲̒̋̍̈́̈́̏͐̒̕f̴̢̨͓͎̫̱̣̰̍͐̑̈́̒̈̈́̍̑̔̌̚͜͠ ̵̛̼̻̥̬͕̗̃̿̈́̎͝ͅͅş̶̛͈̮̦̫̬̫͕̹͍͔̬̝͚̅́͑̔͠i̶̯̲̼̠͉̖̪̻̞͕̽͒̃̐̀̈́̀̋̾͐̍̃̚͜͝g̸̯̣̗̱̼͔̠̼̔̏̈́̌̾̆͜n̸̨̛̛̛̙̲̗̥̥̺̽̈͆̅̂̂̑̏̒̕̕ŝ̸̡̨̗̜̪͉̭̹̈́͛͛̾͝,̴̢̘̹̜͔͙̪͚̜̗̣̾̿̈́̇͌͜͝ ̷͕̺͔̫̣̹̊̆̏̽̇̃̏̒͑à̷̠͇̘̥̹͖̤͖̥̺̲͙̩̠̾̀̓͐͋̉̌͋̍̕͝͠n̸̼̼̪͈̭̞͖͍̜̲̎̇̌ ̴̡̲̰̥̦̱͚͖̄.̴̩̾̒̂̿̂̀̀́̌̓̒̈́͠ǐ̴̙͓̞̝̳͍͙̯͖̥̱̥̈̓̾́͘ḿ̷̡̧̦̰̺͓̬̊͊͑̚ͅì̸̛̝̗̟̘̅̈́́̈̇̾̔̕͝ẗ̷̨̧̼̖̤̙̣̜̙̜͈̰͖̱́̅͑a̴͎̪̩̮̐̍̓̆͜t̴̢̧͔̯̼̠̱̜̙̯͍̥̹̥̍͂͋̉͗̈́̑͒̀̍i̷̧̛͓͕͚̘̪͒́̓͜õ̷͎̓͑̇̾͌͗̈̄͘͝ņ̴̨̡̧̛̼͉̱̭̮̻̼̜̙͙̋͆̅ ̸̛̝͈͇̉̐̋͊̂̆͑̀̓͝t̵̢̨̜̭̖͎̿͗̓̂͗̊̾̚͜h̵̜̖̞̺͎̯̻̓́̏̾̿̃̃͋ā̵͎̫̔͊t̷͙̼͙̼̘̬͖̼̳̮͔̑͂͂̐̾̔̌̚ ̷̢̡̺͕̥͙͎̏̓̚i̵͇̥̫̤̥̗̇̔̒͛̓̌̑̔̀́͒͝͝s̴̰͉͉̪̔̀̔̈́̋̇̽ ̸̢̛̻̘̙͈̗̦̻̤̲͊̓̓͌͑̅̃̀̅̏͘͜͝͝l̷̹̰͓̠͎̞̣͓̻̩̿̄͌͊͊õ̸̭̮̓̄̈̎̀̋̉́̉̇s̵̰̘̩̩̓̃͊͋̃̆͂͑͐̓̋͐͊͆͝ț̵̢̢̦̮͕̯̗̤̯̮͕̠̒̇̾̊͗́̀͜͝͝,̶̨̧̠̱̗͙̹̺̰͍͔͔̹̬͂̈́ͅ ̷̨̡̠͕̮̝͑̐̋̎͊́͐̄̋̒̀͝͝i̵̪͓̘͌͗̓̈̔̿̒̌̈̏̔̕n̸̮̤̜͓̭̠̬͈̙̫͒̾̿̆́͌͆́͋̕͜͠͠f̷̨̨̯̠̩̟̤̬̲̳͑͊̏̾̽͋̂̿͑ͅī̴̫̀̐̏̕̕n̶͙̜̼̰̮͇͂͂̌̄̀̏̃̈́͜ị̶̥͇͙̳͎̱͇̙̜̚ẗ̴̢̡̢̺͙͍̺͚̲̮̯͐͋̂̎̆̈́͜ḛ̶̡̼̼̞̒l̷̨̥̩̭̰͖̤̭̤̜͖̊ͅy̴̰̬̱̳̪̪̙̹͛̏͐̂̎̍͐̀͌̇̄ ̵̧̧̢͕̠̦̝͔̠̘͓̆̾͘d̴̢͖̟͕̍͑̆͊̊̅̓́̇̔̀̑̈́ê̶͙̮̯̝̭͐̂f̷͚̝͇̮̰͎̞̬̥̗͓̗̅͆ȩ̷͍͕̖̞̖̰͉̺͓͈͕͔̹̖́̓̃̃͗̀̌͗̓͐̃͑̕̚ř̷̖̦̞̃͋̈͊͘̚͘͘r̴̡̡̥͇̺͚̥̦͕̭͐̔̈́͌̎̈̀̈́̋͋̀̆̍͘͝ę̵̛͔̗̼̝̙̤͂̿̈́̽͒́̉͘̕͝d̴̛͖͈̽̃͗̎͗̆̀ͅ.̵͍͖̫͚̟̲̟͙̝̜̃̿͛̓̍͛̕

“We know now that a text is not a line of words releasing a single 'theological' meaning (the 'message' of the Author-God) but a multi-dimensional space in which a variety of writings, none of them original, blend and clash. The text is a tissue of quotations drawn from the innumerable centres of culture. Similar to Bouvard and Pecuchet, those eternal copyists, at once sublime -and comic and whose profound ridiculousness indicates precisely the truth of writing, the writer can only imitate a gesture that is always anterior, never original. His only power is to mix writings, to counter the ones with the others, in such a way as never to rest on any one of them. Did he wish to express himself, he ought at least to know that the inner 'thing' he thinks- to 'translate' is itself only a ready-formed dictionary, its words only explainable through other words, and so on indefinitely; something experienced in exemplary fashion by the young Thomas de Quincey, he who was so good at Greek that in order to translate absolutely modem ideas and images into that dead language, he had, so Baudelaire tells us (in Paradis Artificiels), 'created for himself an unfailing dictionary, vastly more extensive and complex than those resulting from the ordinary patience of purely literary themes'.”

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T̶̛̫̩̞̑ͅḫ̷̍͛͗̈́͝e̵̢̪͉͒ ̴͖̊̅ḭ̸̢̜̰̻͇̄̕ņ̴̣̓͐́d̵̹̤̱̘̾͒̔̓̓̐ȋ̸̘̫̥͈̑̎̾͛͘ͅv̸̤͕̇̒i̸̭̖̰̇͌̇̒d̴̥̠̼̭̖̄̂ū̴͓̙̫͇̉̈̈̅̚ą̸̡̧̲̻̬͒̒̐l̵̞͍͕̭̜̊̏͝ ̶̘̲͖͗̿̿̀͜ḥ̷̓a̸̢͎͖̱̓͊͗͊̔͘s̵̡̟̺̘̱̈́̀ ̶̟̘̀̋͂a̸̡̜̟̹̕l̶̺̦̑̕͜w̴̤̻͇̹̳͊͒̓ͅą̸͕̬̈́̚͠y̵̤̫̪̽͂s̵̨̳̠͚̔̌͘ͅ ̸̬͍̹̪̤͛̇h̷̨̞̤́͑͋͠͝͝ả̵͖̯͙͈͎̕ḏ̷̣̞͋̉ ̴̨̨̨̱̮̟̈́̓́́̀͝t̶͇͍̜̍͂͋͂͠ǫ̶̛͇̺͇̖̎́́̊̍ ̵̖̯͂̇ş̷̼̳̳̬̥͐̉̋̎̈́ẗ̴͚́̓͋̓ŗ̵̼͖̞̫̄̚ǘ̵̟̠̦̜ͅͅg̸̬̳̠͐͒̾͘͠g̶̥̜̟̎̓ļ̷̪̪͔̽͛̒̉̆e̸̪͚̥̽͘͝ ̴̛̫̦͔̃̏͌̇ͅt̶̡͖̙̦̱͂̈o̷̡͉͎̝͈̜̔͐ ̵̨̮̤̹͓̻̉͒͑͌͒͠k̷̹̞̯̻̗͎͒̾̏̓̎e̷͙̤̓ḛ̴̡͓̝̓̋p̵̧̈̽́̌ ̵̨̉̽f̷̛͖̥̅̃͝r̷̲͉̣͎͚̀͘͠ơ̷͕͈̑m̸͖̞̜̖͖̿̊̈͠ ̶͔̬̲̹̓b̶̰̎̑͑ȩ̷͉͎͈͇͑̄i̴̡̻̦̻̯͉̍̎͗͆ņ̴̨̭̯̼̈̀̚͘g̵̥̼̟͍͂̍̕ ̸̨̻̅̃͋͆̎o̶̻̖̠͍̤͌̎̿̓̽͆v̶͙̻̟̓e̷̱̯̟̞̓̇̂̐͘r̴͖͍͔͇̪͒w̴̭͓̥̥̹̔͐ḩ̷̡̯̞͙̓̂̕ḙ̷̖̃̾̈́ḷ̷̻͉̓m̴̮̈̆̓̑̉ȅ̵̖͐͠ḓ̵̝́̈́ ̶̧͉̝̫́̃̐͋͐b̷̛̪͔̈́̐̓y̶̩̫̟͖̫̖̔́̈́̎̂͝ ̷̮͈̟̉̉̿̎ẗ̶̖̝́̒͜h̶̯͋̄̌͝ę̴̙͑̉ͅ ̵̹̩͉̝͘t̶̲̰͚̪̤́͑r̸͎̻̽̊i̴̘̳̮̽̎ͅb̵͓̦̦̓͜e̷̮͍̯̣̬̊̋̊͘͝.̸̠͊̒̏̾͝ ̸̤͔̓̎͆̕̕I̶̧̞̖̜̰͘̕ͅf̷̛̙̺͖̥͋̒̀͌̚ ̴̞̙͌͂y̷͈͖̰͇̭͓̍̌̄̋̂̌o̴̲̟̎̂͋͆́̽u̷̜̱͌͗̚ ̴̖͉̬̯̤͐̄̃̊ͅṯ̸̛̱̫̫̬́r̷͖̦̘̮̜̱̓̈́ỹ̶͇̅̓̈́͠͝ ̶̧̛̦̗͔̝̮̑̈́̀ì̴͈̈́̂̍̇t̵̪̹̲̜͛,̶̤̙͙̗́͜ ̶̹̟̟̦̀̆̏̏͜͠y̸̰͛̅̾͆ơ̵͍͔̳͂͒̀̽͘u̵͖̩͉̻͕̓̈́ ̷̮̬̠̤̫̦̈́̐w̵̡̳̍͘i̵̞͑̈̊̏̾l̸̯̜̑l̷̩̽̈̃͘ ̶̬̬͒ͅb̸̯͓̋e̶̡͇̟͂̏͒̍̿͝ ̸̼̲̼͚̳̭̇̏̔͐͠l̴̞͈͉̀ọ̶̞̙̪́̌̐͝n̵̨͓̦̮̩̥̋͑͂̑͊̈́e̴̢͉̪̣̥͗̂l̷̛͚̮̭̟̓͑̔ȳ̴̢̤͐͗̐̀̑ ̶̗̝̲͍̙͍̏ȯ̸͖͉̺̦̬͐̎͑ͅf̴̘̙͛̂̓t̷̤͎͋̾͂̓͒͜e̶͓̦͇̝̊͘n̸̡̫̲͇̘͓͊͂̎͝,̷̡͔̤̙́̿̓̀͗͝ ̶͕̮̈́̒̚ä̴͕́ṅ̵̛̰̗̗̻̅̉͒ḑ̴̤̫͖̖͒͆͛́̈́ ̷̛̹̃̈̎̽͘s̶͓̜͕̀ô̶̙̱̹͋̈́̀̚͝m̸̘̹̣͔͛̉̀̕͝e̴̞͐̽̆ţ̷͐͋̌̔i̸͉̳̿̈̓m̸̖̩̜͕̦̓̋͑ȩ̴̣́͗̋̏̒͜ŝ̷͙͒̈̚ ̸̼̪̰̟̤͈́͗͛̀̀͝f̶̖̲̱̍ŗ̶̡̪̳̽̇i̴̮̽̊̄g̶͉̣̫͉̀̃͜ḥ̴̡̢̲͉̅̅ť̸͘ͅè̴͔͇̳̻͂̒͝ņ̸̢̤̮͚̽̀ȩ̸̧̭͕̿d̷̢̦͓̝̊̆́͘.̶̠̲͉͙̗̈́͘ ̵̰̭̯̬̀̊̌̉B̵͙̖̹͖̅́̄́́̕ų̷̯̞̭͈̥͑̊́̈́̚t̵̯͉̏͌̽̄̀̋ͅ ̵̭̲̜̓͜n̵̞͊̉̄ȏ̴̧̺̭̏̄̚͠ ̴̨̢̫͕̫̘̒p̴̜̪̍͐r̴̖͖̓i̷͓̠̳͉̯̬͒c̴̡̘̯̮̦͇̏̓̓̀͠e̶̠̝̘͖̎́̚ ̶̨͇͝i̶͖͋͜ş̵̛̤͆̎͝ ̴̺͙͕̯͖̉̓́t̶̜̯͉͆́́͋̌̔o̸̖̻̔͛̍͝o̵̮̭̝̍ ̴͖̀͊h̷̛̳̖̃̿̾͆̚í̵̫̱̦̘̩̟g̷̭̳̫̟̑̌͜ḩ̷̻̙̗͈͖̑ ̸̱̐͂͆̏ť̵̪̼̈́̊o̶̧͇̙͍͊́͋̂̓͠ ̶͇̙̱̦̤̀͗̓͆͒̎͜p̸̨͉̜̐͠ḁ̵̢̢̛͇̇̑́̈́͒ý̸͇̈́̊͆ͅ ̴̟͎̜̯͙̙̑͒̍̈́̅͘f̶̠͊̏̏͒ỏ̷̻̞͂̅̕ŗ̸̻̤̞͂͂̄̉̍̈́ ̵͈̿̌̌̐̏͘t̶̥̬̍̀̄h̷͉͖̖͊͌́͛͗̊ȩ̸̗̮̐̐ ̶̡̰̮̗͇̙̔̌̀͆͠p̵̬͙̲̼̔̿̀r̵̭̺̖͝ĩ̸̤̞̆̐̕͠v̶͔̹̪͖͐̽̈̅ͅì̴̛̞͍͚̺̀̂͆ͅl̶̆̕͜ḙ̶͇̣͋g̴̭̭̖̓ͅe̴̠̗̥̦̜͍̾̓̂͋̒̂ ̵͖̲̅̃̚͝ỏ̶̝̱̪̽́̀f̸̧̹̮̭̐̄̍͛͘ ̵̗̥͖̅̽̈o̵̺̫̝̣̐̾́͆͋w̵̪̟͇͈͒͐ͅͅn̵̜̻̺̫̪̆̿̓͊̍͊ï̷̠͚̈̅n̵͈̼͙͈͕͉͌̎͗̚g̷̬̜̪̞̞̋̈́̎͘ ̸̨̢̭̹̜̘̍́́̓̃͝y̵̮͚͍͕̹̾o̶͈͔̤̜̒͝u̶͖̥̣̎͊̄̈r̷͕̤̩̘͐̅̈̉͘s̴̱͇͙̻͛̎̈́̀̚e̵̡͕͋̈́̓͠l̵̡͓͈̻̰͆̈́̾̇ͅf̶̩͕͛͒̏.̴̭̰̟̻͙̄ ̵̠̝̆̊͛L̴̢͉̘̲͚̏̀̋̄̓̓o̷͓̣̦̹͚̦͋̃̄̔n̶͈̣͖̟͌̏͛̈́̂̚ȩ̵̝͖̱͐̐l̵͈͈̙͓̮̀̑̋̚ͅi̷̧̻̳̊́̿̔͜n̵̺̞̞̄̾̑͗̋ȩ̶̲́͂̕͘s̷̜͍̅͛͐͘ś̵̢̜̞͊ ̶͓̝͎͚̑̅́̂̊͘͜ḓ̸̙̼͓̓͒͜ͅȯ̴̢̝̳̮̩͠ẻ̵̛͕̥̟͕̟͎̍̀s̸͇̣̝̰̕͜ ̸͎̲̇ͅn̶̙̽̑͛̉̂̚o̴͓̹̐͑͌͘ẗ̸̢̲̞͓̝̰̈̒̎̾͑ ̶̗̭̠̀̈̈̄́͝c̴͈̠̮̏̂ơ̴̤̔͋m̴̢̖̝͇̉̏̚e̸̘̾ ̴͖̬̱͌͊̀f̴͚̬͆̔̿́͜͠r̴͓̥͔͓̜̤͋ö̴̺̦͙̪̥́̉͆̅͑͛m̶̩̻̞͒͐̀̔ ̶̯͆̊͌̾̐h̶͔̦̳̺̪́͌ā̸͓͗̓͠͝v̶͙̠͓̝͂͛́̿͊̚í̴̹̙̣̺̖̝͋̉̕̚n̶͖͔̫̾́̚g̴̡̖̟̥̮͚̀̄͗̂ ̸͎͖̯͆̄n̷̛̜͕̓͂̍͐ȏ̷̍̚͜͠͠ ̶͕̿̓͑͠ṕ̸̻̬͂̄̌̉e̷̖̫̣̱̲͋̔̽͛̀͋ọ̶̢̫̘̤͚̑̽p̴̲̝̲̀̈̀͝ļ̵͓͕̫̙͉̓e̵͔͙̮̤̔̾̊̔̈́̆ ̶̼̫̎ͅa̸̧̤͖͖̼̎̍͆b̸̺͙̀̊o̴̫̚͜ű̴̗̝͠t̷͓̟̺̀͠ ̴̝̌̈́̈́͛͛̚o̴̮̼͉̻̒̉̓͘n̷̨̤͍̗̍͗ê̸̮͂͊̒̔̾,̵̞̻͍̑ͅ ̶̳̜̩͖̀̽̄̀̈̚b̸̛͎̱̭̖͑̅̾̅͜͠ư̶̥̻̹̘̻̖̐̎͋̆̀t̷̡̛̰͙̩̒̋͆̏ ̷̲̌̈́̕f̴̧͍̔̔̀r̴̦̟̊̎o̸̢̨̲̝͍̳͒̑̾̈́̾͝m̸͙̟̈́́̿͝ ̶̧̖̟̺̭̺͊͊̉̍͗̚b̶̛̰͑͗́̑͠e̶̡̜͕̯̥̥̊͗i̸̞͊͋̆͘̚͠n̷̡̤̓̀͘g̷̢͕̝̘͈̱͋̇ ̶̣͒̈͠ủ̶͇̒̀n̵̯͍̮̤̣̯͊̓̉a̸͍̬̩͈͐͌͑͒b̴̦͚͓̈́̎̐͠l̷̢͚̬̗̣̝̓è̸͚̮̓͘̕ ̷̪̜͕͖̕t̵̜̻̯͋͊̅̀ö̸̧̨̨̡̘̈́̇͑͝ ̵̘̻͇̬̿̔̊̈̊͐c̶͙̦̠͔̦͇̽͆̒̋̕͘o̶̖̞͖̍̑̀m̵̞̌͂m̴̛͕̹̟̖̹u̴̺̲̓̏̅̎n̸̪͙̱̤̟̅͋ͅì̸̖͕͈͈͗̚c̵͖̳̼̀͆̾͜a̶̯̖̾͐t̷̤͔̽̎̾̈́̇́͜e̵̙̳͋̕ ̴̼͎̤̗̱̕ͅt̴̡͓͍͍͔̆̄̏̂͛͜͝ẖ̷̲̤́̚ͅe̷̘̮͔͆̀͌͊ ̷̨̯̘̽͐̎̌t̷̛̻̩͉̏̎̊͝h̴̠͈̄̈į̶͙̼͔͍̬͗ň̶̢̻͓̱͝g̵̲̖̭̈́̈̓̀͆͠s̶̲͙̤̓̎̓̀ ̷̳̲͓̂͐͊͗̐͝t̵̤́͛̌͆̆h̴͇̜̃̾͒à̴͉̋͋ť̶͉̹͕ ̴̡̛̣̩̝͕̹͐́͛́̈́ṣ̸̢̬̈́ȅ̶͎̓͆͒e̵͍̭̫͙̝͍̓̀̾̔́̌m̶̧͛ ̵̪͉͍͇̈́͝i̵̜͆̇̚ḿ̴͓͓p̸̪̘̈́̈́̈́̌ǭ̷̖̥̱̼̓̔͆͝ͅr̴̮͕͙̔̽ͅţ̵̧̟̰̞͋͒͂ā̵̛̫͊̅̌́n̶̝͇͊͑̚͘͝t̴̝̹̞͉̫̹͐̆̋́ ̶̛̳̱̀̉t̶̪̣́̀̀͌͆́o̴͇͚͕͔͔̣̓͆̒̑͋̐ ̷̨͔̘͊̿̊́͛̒o̷̖̪̭̪͒̈́̄̑̓̈́ń̷̤̘͕̼͑̋́͊ė̶̘̖̣͌̈́̓̓s̴̛̝̭̫͕͌̌e̸̬͐͐̒͘l̴̩̲̺̙͚̐͆͐͐̚f̶̛̮̯͂̈́̈́̓̏,̷̱͍̔̇̇̓̋ ̴̨͇̞̙͙̐͘ö̴̬͈̥̪́̍ŕ̶̙͚̇͆̑̚ ̵̩͙̂f̵̲̂͊ŗ̷͕̻̪͎̥̂͗̽̏͘ǫ̵̛͖͉̲͑̀̋̿ͅm̵͎̠̘̝̌̈̄̔́͜͠ ̷̛̜̞̬̟̫̍͌̐̐͜h̶̝͆͂̍̊̓o̴̯̫̘͊l̸̞̯̏̀̉̆͌̎d̷͉̼̠͌̾̚ỉ̵̟̓̑̓̚͝ͅn̶̝͙̻͍̰͋͋g̷͚̘̹̹̐̓͆̀̀͘ ̴̹͒̈̈͠͝c̴̫̺͇͚͉͗͂e̷̲͇̾̑̚͘ͅͅr̶̢̧̦͙͈̄t̴̢̟̤̞͚̳̿̽̐́å̵̘̮̗̽̍̉i̶͙͓̩͇̓͜ṉ̶͇͙̦͈̬͗̄̈́̎̄ ̸̡̟͙̈́͌̈v̷̫̺̂͌i̷̜̮̲̹̳̅ẽ̶̬͂w̷̡̳͊s̸̼̼̙̠͇͛́͑ ̴̧̡̀̿̐̚͠͠w̷̻͕̟̱͍̻̃̕h̴̨͓̰̼̰͌͂̾͆ǐ̵̳͖̫̂̇̕c̶̲̫̙͕̙͋͜h̶̢̨̛̭̠̠͆ ̴͈́̿̂͑ò̴̧̧̨̘̺͈̓̀̈́̇̽t̸̢͔̰̗̺̿̏̐͒͗̃h̸̘̳͍͖̔̎̄̋̓̍ē̶̻̩̙̚r̷̢̡͓̙̻͌̽͆͒̌ș̶̨̧̧̢̡͊̅ ̸͓͓̠͕͋̂ͅf̸̛̪͖̱̮̳i̸͇͗͂̊̀͊͘n̵̠̘̝̪͕͈͗̋̏d̴̜͂͌̇̃ ̷̢͎͈͆͝i̶̲̲̟͊̐̇͊̚n̵͍͎͖̐͠a̵̩͓̬̦͝d̷͈̼͘m̵̤͘ī̵͉͖͜͝ŝ̴̙͖̊s̸̨̙͋͊̀̃̄̕i̸̛̝͂̋̚b̷̘́̉̉̍̽ĺ̵̼͎͛͘ẻ̵̻̥̑̌͂̈́.̷͈̺͗͊̂̐̕͜ ̴̨̡̜̬͈̀̽̾̽̀͗Ą̵̪̼̦̠̰̀͛̍̈́̚n̵͙̋͑̅̓d̷̦̮͉̖̪͐͠ ̸̱̽͒͊w̷̹̜̥̋͑̓̇͋͠ḧ̴̻̝̗͓̖͊̕̚͘o̴̭͉͗͊̏̿̚ë̴̦̤̠̹̳v̷̼̲͖͋́̓̀͌e̸̫͚̰̗̍r̶̡̩̤̓̓ͅ ̴̳̦̈̇̀̽͋ͅf̵̧͙̥͊͒̌ͅî̵̛̬͙̤̟͕̺̃g̷͕̦̬̜͇͋͛̄̓̚̚ͅh̸̢̪͙̥̖͈̒̕t̶̮̪͓̾̈́̓́̄͘ͅs̷̲̖̏ ̸̻̯̙̖̽͂̃̐̓̐ṃ̴̧̳̠͈̦̇͐͘ơ̵͕̼͐͗̓n̷̛̘̻̱̜̫s̵͉͆ṯ̶̩̅̈́̔̓͌e̸̡͓̫͇̰͑̄ȑ̴͎̮͚͇͈̌̆͌̓͘ͅs̵̪̮͖̻̐̀̿̆ ̵̛̝̹͑̍̒͊s̶͖͔͙͙͓͍͒̍̿̚ḫ̷͕̟̔̕o̷͓̭̓̌͠u̷̞̤͒̈̐̍͝ĺ̸̨̡̪̼͕̋ͅḏ̵͖̺́͛͗̓͋ ̷̞͒̍̽̔̏s̶̳̠̉̾͑̿̌͘e̸͎͉̦̅̈́̈͝ȩ̴̫͔̾ ̶̝͗̋̎̀t̴̮̥̱̂̀̅͂ő̵̥̜̺̱̬̾͂ ̷̗̝̳͉̃͋̋î̶̧̱̍́̅͘͠ṫ̷͉͎̼̫͜ ̵̭̲̘͒̈̈̈́̿̿ţ̴͓̗̳̺͎̋̓̊h̷̪̯̼̑̔͂a̸̜̝̒̋̑͛͘t̸͚̩̆ ̴̝̃̐ȋ̶̹̰̬̀̌͊͘͝n̴̠̉̅ ̶̩̝̬̂̒t̶̞͔̮̤̞̗͒̅̃͘h̸̛̻̏͘͝e̶̦̩̗̬͗͘ ̶̊̂́̈͂͜p̴͎͉̀̈́r̴̘̞̠̜͘ó̷̻̋̎̒͠͝c̶͉͐̂͂e̷̡̜̋s̴̤̙̞̊̉̐͜͝͝s̸͍̖̗̏͋̇͂̚͠ ̸̦͔̝̖͐̑h̴̭͈͌͛̇͠ȅ̴̗̃ͅ ̶̢̠̹̫͗͗̾̚̚ḑ̸̬̫̳̰̝͊͆̿ỏ̸̤̤̺̳̀̎̂̄̈é̸̜̲̲̭͌̇͑̊s̶̩͕̯͎͊͋͐͋̐ ̴̹̩̈͛͛̆n̶͙̗͉͕͉͚͊̏̇͘͘o̶͈̜̼̟̒̍̓͘t̴̛̯̣̩̅͛̈́̀͘ ̴̗͚͇̣̅́b̵̟͎͂̔̅̊̀e̴͚̋c̶͚͋̓̋͊ơ̴̹̞̘̔͐m̷̡̱̬̉͜ͅẹ̵̗̑͌̓̀͋͘ ̴͕̰̂̌͂̈́͒a̵̩̱͗̌̄͘͜ ̸̨̙̓̆m̴͙̀̀̎̔ò̷̺̼͛n̷̨̡̹̪̝͌͠͠s̷͇͚̝̫̓̀͜t̸̥̻͍̍e̶͈͍̓͐̌̓̕͜r̶̤̝̭͂͆̈̋͘.̵͙̋̇͑ ̵̛̬̈̐̅Â̷̢̤̭͎͛ñ̵̛̖̠̟̥̹̞̔̇̾d̷̻͓͖̭̻̓ ̶̛̖̫̑i̵̠̼̭̮͎͍͋̀̏̉f̶̤͉̒̇͂͠ ̴̘̝̺͇̣̠̓͊̑͐̈́̕ý̶̡̲̪̅o̴͚̱̼̳̙̿̽̂͊ͅu̸̢̮̫͔̎̾ͅ ̸̩͎̻̞̳̈͑͛̂̑g̴̜̭̦̰̠͈͆̽a̶̢̤͎̼͗̐̈z̵͙̭̖͙̞͗͝ê̵͍̬̤̋͒͝ ̸̤͙͂̑̀̉͘ĺ̸̗̈́͊ó̷̻̗͍̘̃̌̈́n̵̖͉̜̣͂̑͆̚ǧ̷̫̩̼̊̾̃͝ ̴̤̣̰̃̐̃̏e̶̫̭̫͌͒͊ñ̶̫͠ớ̶͎̄͋͠ǘ̶̡̧̻g̴̨̡̖̰̮̑͗ͅḧ̷̺̼͇͕͚̀̉ ̶͇̟̃̈̂͂i̵̡͓̫̫̪̮̐̓́̑͒͝ņ̶̛̱͖̠̞̙̀͒̓̃̕ť̶̮͉͈̫̣̫̀̐͌o̴̞̎ ̶̢̡̨̛͚̲̔̇͗̄͂ǎ̵̖͕͛̈́̌̒̚͜n̵̼̜̣̥̈́̅̾̋͝͝ ̵͎̏ͅã̶̡̹̹̲̬͎̄͌͆b̷̼̖̱̤̮̀̎̄̐ẏ̵̳̠̦͖̊̓̎͑ś̷̘͉͙s̵̡̬̼͖͕̅̑,̴̡̈́͗ ̶͓̹̘̿͂̎͋́͑ͅt̶̺̥̳̼̝̾͒͒ḩ̵͉̲͘͜e̴͚͈̭͉̓ ̵̢̙̮͇̉̔ä̴̛̟͈́͜b̵̜̺̰̣̄̓̈́y̴̛̦͌̋̆́͠ş̸͚̗̣̘͠ș̴̛̈́͑͐̍͠ ̴̮͚͇͖̹̰̊̃ẘ̷͚̺́i̶̡̮̙̗͚͂̽̍͌̆̑l̶̛̲̗͕͋̅̍͘̕l̶͙̑̏͋̂̀̿ ̸̫̔̀͐͘ģ̷̫͈͔͔̰̊̈ä̴̦́͂̌̐̚z̵̠̖̟͊͛̐̓͘e̸̙̠̲͈̹̫̾̈́ ̶̜̥͋͋̅́̾̃b̶̛͍̭̟͇̺̥̔̀a̸̭͈̪̖̱̿͗c̶̥͉̮͉̐̈́̓̈̄k̶̳͙̯͍̙͂̀͜͝͝ ̷̡̛͙̤́̀̇̒i̷͕̦͔̖̯͗͝ͅṅ̴̳̘̣͛͆̌͝t̸̛̛͔̫̰̠̞̠̑͑o̵̳̪͖̲̥̓ ̶̬̄̔̏͂͗ỹ̴͙͚͝͝ó̶͍̪͎̊̚ų̸͖̓̂͗̀̏͝.̷̶̡̪̪̙̱̜͓̀̊̀̊̍̔̿̏̿̉̌

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̷̞̲̰͓͎̾̏̒̓̿Ṯ̴̼͐̃̔h̵͓̞̥̳͉̽̆̓̄̚͝e̵̺̤͗̿̌̽̾̓ ̴̺̩̫̤̃̑̊́̑͝ȃ̵̡̙̥͉̠̜̽c̴̡̧̳̻̳͈͑̑̎̌͐̾ĉ̷̬̟ë̸̩̜̻́̓̇̽̚p̵̞̬̹̄́t̴͔̝̯̭̫̯́̄́͋̓ạ̴͖͍̼̘̯̇̔̑̈́̍n̶̜͛̉̐̆c̷͙̗̪͗͆̿̎̓ę̵̛̩͗͋ ̴̱̂́o̷̧͉̜̔̌͂̀̽͝f̸͖̞̭͚̹̦͐͂͝ ̸̰̫͑̓͋̈́̕o̷̤͙̟͈̿̓ͅn̷͈̋ͅë̶̤̘̕s̶̘͚̬̊e̶̲̕ͅļ̴̤̯̻̻̑͋̽͊͗ͅf̷̡͗̌̓̄̅̕ ̴̛̺͆̉i̵̹̤̓̿̈́s̷̞̈́̒͌ ̴̪͎̳͚͠ͅt̵̨̮̭̻̀̈́̓͊̚͠h̶̛̭͐̓̄͂ͅȩ̵̰̥͇̓̍͜ ̵̺̪̭̥̼̰̅́̅͐͘ë̴̩͍͕̙́̋ş̴̗̤̙͈̺̏̆͗ṥ̷̝̳̅̑͝ė̴̳̻̬̖̼͔͑̆̕͝n̸̡͍̦̣̠̮̏ċ̵̟̰̈e̵̖̱̜̺͈͒͒̾͝͠ ̸͇͎͙̋̄͑o̵̰͐̃̑̎̈́̚ͅf̴̡͓͍͒̎̅̅́͘ ̵̢̥͙̬̀͜ṫ̷̢̡̩̻̘̙͑̌̈́̎͘ḩ̶͌é̵̺͎̟̬̏͆̀̿͗ ̶̼̟͊̒̒͠ͅẇ̴͓̮̺̐̎̕h̴̡̳̒͊̏̏͜͠ͅö̵͎̙̀̿̈́l̷̞̊̉̎̃͘ḛ̷̡̞̠̫̙͋̐̀̌̚͠ ̵̼͎̮̩̇̓m̴̩̺͙̮̹͖̈͒ȏ̶̧̜̊̋͂̕r̶̢͚̩͓̦̯̔̑̑̐a̷̛̳͍̲̹̗͑͐̀l̷̛͙͚̩̦̈́͛͑̄͝ ̷̼͋̿͛p̸̜̀̈̿̅͘͜r̴̜̙̞̠̈́̇͋̚̚̚ͅo̴͚̘̲̘̓͝b̵̥̣̰̃̽͊́̽͝l̶͇̀̂̉̎͛͠ë̴̞̼͍̪́̂̐m̵̨̉ ̶̨̙͓̒͌̃a̶̧̼͚͓̖͆n̵̬̪͔͕̽̄͜d̶̼̬͓̤̽̈̇ ̵͕̺́̀ẗ̸̰̙̘̺̘́̌͗h̷̨̰̮̥̰͘ě̷̢̛̛͈̘͕͖̀̕͝ͅ ̶̹̳̆̇͗̚͠ẹ̵̡̠͓̼̟̀p̷͇̃ͅỉ̵̛̛͓͉̱̞̳̍͘͘ͅt̴͕̳͔̞̱͙̽́̈́͌̅o̸̭̦̘̠͙͛̂m̶̮̮͓͉̃̀̓̈́̀̉e̶͈͕͊̔͑̔̂̚ ̷̥́̄̍o̶̢͎̯̘̥͖̓͌̽͒̏͊f̶̨͍̦̟͖̈ ̷̯͍̮̠̖̤̎a̶͕̥̣̰̪͛͒͛͝ ̴̡̡̣̟̪̿͌w̷̨̡̛̯̫͙̐h̷̬̖͍͑̄͗͐͠ǭ̶̗̗̲̭̲l̸̝͕͓̆͛̐̐͘͝e̵̟͉͈̳͔͒́̅̒̀ ̶̧̪̗̱̜̉̂̚̕̕͜͝ö̵̬̥́͌u̶̱̭͊͐̕͝ţ̶͇̠̯͔͝l̵̛̖̙̝̬̝̆̈́̾̏ọ̴̭̺͙̱̙̐o̷̞̥͝k̴̥͙͌͂̈̎ ̴̦̻̺̽̈́͝ọ̴̱̘̠̦̙͐n̴̢̗̙̗̄ͅ ̴͚̎̈́͂͆ĺ̷͇̝̯̲̭͂ī̴̱̝f̷̢̙̥͍̅̓̅̃̒e̶̠̮̯͗̓͘.̶͍̣͇̟̱̣̉̏̓̕ ̶̡̧̪͑T̶̜͙͙̥̻̊h̵̟̝̝̥̼̝̓̿͐̅̕a̶͚̘͔̝͂͐̒͒ṭ̵̖̏̈́ ̷̠͎̼̈́͛̕͝I̶̫̩͕̹͒̎̏̈͜ ̵̜̥̤̹͊̏̇͘͠f̴͔̫̉̓̋͝͠è̶͍̝̮̱͐̈̌͗̚ͅę̶̤̠̘̦͖́ḓ̸̨̘̭̩̮̐̊͌ ̶̯̌t̴̨̞͖̠͚̟̔͝h̸̄̈́͒̈̚ͅe̷͕̯͈̫̽̈̊͐͘͝ ̶̭̬̃̌ḩ̶̳̺̈u̷͇̙͐̌̂̏͌̚n̵̻̼̕ģ̸͔̥͖͙̄͐͆̾͌r̴̩̺͎̩͉̋̀͆ͅỹ̷̨̰̪͍͉̘͘,̷̢͉̼͋̽̅̉̾ ̴͍͓̹̪̱̑͆͐ͅt̸̢͚̥̗̤̑͝ͅh̵̢̡̧̦̞̑̕ͅa̴̬̋͑̊̍͝t̸̨̡̯͔͚̬͝ ̸̞͙̠͂̈́͐̋̒I̵̡̦̣̦̤͝ ̵̜̬̤̩̈́̎͝͝f̴̧̹̝̌o̸̪̍̀̀͝ȓ̴͇͇̭͒́͠ģ̷̬̻̰̼̹̎̅͝͝i̶̧͗͊͗͝͠v̵̱̯̬̖̓̇͐̚ę̶̻̠̞̇̓́͗ ̸̱̐̊ä̶͎̬̻͉͋̒n̶͚̼̈́̉ ̵̧̞̺͗͆̐̓i̶̩̝̖͊̄̈̓̕̕͜ǹ̷̪͖́̅͋͘s̸̘̝̫͉̽u̸̢̲̘͕̔̌̈́͠l̴̙̟̆̎t̵̲̝͕̠͓͎́̿̋̈́͆̍,̴̛̻͒̅̎͝ ̶̡̺̠̘͊̉͆͊̔t̸͙͋̆̎̾̆h̷͖̫͍̋́̇à̷̢͖̘͚̮͉͆͗̒̾̕t̷̯͖̀̓̑͠ ̷̢̑̈́̽I̶̢̩̫̊͝ ̶̡̢̱̩̹̀̂̇̕͘l̵̲̠̫̰̱͌͗̔ȏ̵͎̀͠v̴̯̎̕͠e̷̦̤͘ ̶̡̡̹͖̦̌̂͋m̴̠̲̦̩̕ÿ̴̢̢͇̹͍͉́̂̕ ̴̗͉̹̭̔̈́̌͒̐͘ȩ̵̨̭̼̖̣͊̃̏͘ņ̴̭͆͌ͅe̸̢̜̎m̸̪̙͈͓̬̒y̵͉͕͉̞͕͐́͆̚̕͝ ̴̮͕͓͔̳͎̈́̾i̸̫̪̖̳̾͒n̸̘̠̱̼̭̝͐͌͘ ̶̢̯̈́ͅt̸̻̤̯̠̱͒̈́h̴͕̭̩̣̥̭̏̈̇̏̕̚ę̵̘̺̜̯̣͗̍͠ ̶̤̥͒̓̑̄ͅn̴̛͍̳ȁ̶̞̗͊̍͜m̵̮͓̔ȅ̸̼͚͋̋̍ ̶̠̞̺̪͈̃o̵͓̗̖̟̾͌f̶̢͉͕̲͚̮̽ ̵̞̞͍̰͂̊̀̿̚C̸̖̓͆h̴̛͉̦̟̤̗r̶̪͎͖̲͒ȉ̶̞͉s̸̖͕̠̺͘͜t̶͈͇̉̈́̀̐̌ ̷͉͎̦̽̍͛͆͆-̷̡̲̭͉̱͒̽͂-̶̟̱͗̅͗͘ ̸̗̱̪̗̞̋̽̔̈͜å̸̜͛̔́̐̕ĺ̸̬̫̠̹́͝l̷̞̪̏ ̶̧͈̟̟̊̿͐͘t̴̨̹̮̃h̵͖̘̭̫͎͗̈́̈́e̶͕̟̟̱͑s̵̳̠̲͐̀̌͊e̶͔̭͖͇͊̑ ̷̦̋ą̸̥́̈́͂́̎͝r̶̝͛̀e̵̳̯͙͐̽̿̎͑͝ ̶̠͍̠͎̫͙̊ủ̸̺͉̪̻̩͋̃̚͘n̸̢̲̪̈́̋͊̔ḑ̸̠̬̻̍̀̍͆́͝o̷̩͗̏̚u̶̢̡̪̥̕͜b̸̲̬̥͈̣̈́̿̈́̕ť̷͎̹͍͌̐̑̊͒e̴̟̦̞̓d̵̦̎̐̃̑l̷̩̣͕̲̯̥̒̄̇y̷͖̳̔͑̒̀ ̷̮̖́g̷̻̘̮̏̏͜͜͜͠r̸̦̒̄ę̶͕̤̘͚͂̀̐ͅa̶̢̎̕͝͝t̵̡̧̪͙̄͜͜ ̸͚̱̇̉v̵̡̧͓̙̋ͅi̷̞̯̫̠͐͆̿̅̊r̶̨͕͇̰͓̒̈́͛͐͜ṫ̴̮̖̗̆̚ͅu̸̖̾̆́̕ě̵̥̝̪̹͋̀ș̶̡͕̀̉̓̈͠.̶̙͔̣̿̂́̏̆ ̵̝̞̤̜̇͝ͅW̵̳̦͕͛̀͛͒͠ḧ̴̳̯̼́͑̀̋̒̄a̸͉͈̤̗̾̎̈́t̴͙͍͂̏̊̈́ ̶̱̞̜̫͙̽́̊͗͘I̸͉͓̩͗̈́̑̅̕ ̶̡̧̛͎̫̉̏̎̕d̵̛̛̛͚̀̍́o̴̧̩̯̚͠ͅ ̸͙̳̪͕̜̹͑̎̀͘ṷ̶͓̬̼̮̥͌͋͌͝n̸̗͚͚̈́̈́̆t̴̮̲̭̫͒̓͘͜͝ō̷̟̘̖̤͓̖̐̐̒̒ ̵͉̣̮̮͖́̑͌͊͝ţ̷̖̭̣͑̿̀͋̽͜h̴̝̹̋͜e̸̗̝̟͕̺̥͠͝ ̷̩̫̣̓̃̒̍̄l̴̜̭̣̈͂͜e̶͇̫̙̋͐̇̃a̴̳̅s̴̡̞͍̗̫͌̿̀ť̸͎̬̪̰͖̊̽͊̚ ̶̧̲̏́o̷̻̰̻̜̲̺͆͝f̷͎̝̻͛́ ̸̘̭̍̓͌̍͊͛m̴͕͙̈́̾y̸̖̿̓̏ͅ ̸̜͔̂̆͘b̵̤̺́̔͛̓̚r̷͍͉̼͓̋͒̿̆̀͜ẻ̷̡̧̞̅̚t̵̛̜͇̥̅̀̇͑ḧ̶̬̜́͆͗̈́̕͜͠r̵̥̳̆̊̕ě̶͇͑n̷͓͛͊̌̍̓̑,̶̮̥͉̟͉͉̀͆ ̶͍̰͋ť̵͔̫̰͔̪̈́h̷͓̣̳̙̫̙͛̎̄͝ā̴̡̹̈́͘t̴̗̑̕ ̴̛̯͈̼́̍̈́̒I̷̛̜̙̩̼͔̔̉͗̂͝ ̷̪̪͍́ḓ̷̎̍́̾̈́̕o̸͖̥̘͔̓̐͆͠ ̶̢̠̃̾̈́͋ǘ̵̮̗̥̤͍̮ń̶̗̫͆̍̒͗̋t̵̨͝ơ̴͓͙̭͉̒̊͋͠ ̸̛̼̦̼̿̐̕̕C̶͍͇͚̪̀ͅh̵̹͐͛͊́͌̈́ȑ̸͇̋͠í̸̗̄͜͠s̵̢̲̥̭͓͉̄̐̽̄̑̋ṯ̸̟͍́.̶̛͚͊̄͝ ̵̣͑̉B̶͙̟̽̈́̄̿̇u̶̢̮͇̪̩̼͂t̶̨́̏͌̄͝ ̷̧̛͚̗̫̣̊͘ŵ̸̺̳̏ḧ̶̛͍́̔͌a̵̧̜̦͗̓͝ţ̶̮̙͇͋̒̎͘͝ ̸̠͂i̵̬̓͐̔͑̕f̷͕̖̼̠̠̿̂͠ͅ ̸̣̩̙̽̊̌͌͜͠Ỉ̷̧̗͙̺̰̩̇̉͠ ̷̮̠̀s̵̱̭̺̰̻͆͒͑̀ḧ̸͖́̂̄̓͛ọ̷̣͍̖̗̍̂͐u̷͇̭͚̜͈̅͒̌̀ḽ̵̨̥̘̹̞͝d̴͉͕̲̻̋̊̊̓ ̷͙͇̯͖̺̝́͆d̸̪̟̯̅̐̅̓͠į̵͒͛͘s̸̩̣͔̋̕ͅć̶̹͕͂ő̵̠͔̳̅͒̿͂͜v̶̗́̍e̵̺̹̓͜r̵̻̣͕͈̉̍̐́̄ ̴̧̳̭̫͖́̌͝t̸͔͖̼̠̫̏̉͂̕h̶̠͉̥̃̑̈́̈͒́a̸̢̫̼̭̖̒ţ̷͈̼͚̗͇̾̄̎̈́ ̵̡̤͈̲̯̇ẗ̷͖͉̘͑͋h̷̯͚̚e̶̡͖͇̳̖̜̅̈́͂̽̓͝ ̵̢̝͎̻͈̣̈́̍̚l̸̛͔̩̫͒̏̒͂͝ẽ̶̦͑̒͊͝a̸̡̟̞̺̒̋̚s̶̖͙̲̜̬̀ṭ̵̪̻̥̀̒̿͐̀ ̷̻̹̟̄̄a̷͉͇̙͇̾̊m̴̲̠̖̓͑̏̎̚͝ͅố̵̼̘̫̰͈̙̄́ñ̷͇̀͆̐͘g̸̢̢̨̫̗̀ ̴̰̎̕t̴͓̠̝̍̃̀͗̅͝h̷̞̺͕͉̐͑e̷͎̫͙̗̟͌͛͜m̴͍͖̱̈ ̵̧̈́̍̅̾͛͜á̵̧͉͙͓̺́l̶͓̜͑͝l̸̠̥̙̿̕,̶̯̗͐͋͘̚ ̸̺̳̰̗̞̅̋t̶̡̹̻̪̃͂̄̃͘h̷̟̰͂̀̾ḛ̶̮̤̝̿ͅ ̸̮̣͍̼̳̘̄͂p̷̣̰̾̂̂o̶̮͋̊ō̷̯̠̋̀̏r̴̳̖̎̏̓͐̊ͅē̷̺͈͖͚̔s̴̭̿̄͐͠ṭ̶̑̃ ̴͇̊ő̶̞̼̫͙̘͗̉͊̔f̴̧̫̠̈̒ ̸̭͐̓̈́̃͘a̷̻̜̩͚̬̹̅͐̌̉l̸̨̩̆̚̕l̵͙̣̫̪͚̞̈́ ̴̙̈́͝t̴̡͖͔̼̖͉̔̓͊͋h̴͍̳̖͒ē̴̡̩̬̭͕ͅ ̸̪̪̥̦̮͆̀̒ͅb̴̡̗̖̏e̴͚͈͕̗̕g̴̱͂̈͠g̸̣̬̖͐̒͒͛̾͘ǎ̵̰̳̰̰̳͚͊͗r̶̹̮̝͙̂̆̈̚͜͜s̴̪̤̲̗̾̊̾,̴̱̦̃͋̉͘ ̶̠̟͉̲̂̅̈̐̚ẗ̷̪̪͌͋̀̿h̴̡̾͝e̷̝̠̙̳͙̘͊̔ ̶̼̣͖̘̏́̾́m̵̨̞̱̫̽̀́͝͝o̵͓̱͝ś̸͈̟̹͝t̸̡̯̗̐̂͂̅ ̶̙̈̅͌͝i̷̜͔̳̦̪̎͒̾̓͊́ͅm̸͉̞̆̀͛p̷̥̎̒͝u̵͉̪͂̾̀̾̚d̸̹̭͉̔̋̏̒ḙ̴̛̭͉͇̝͊̀͆͝ṋ̶̨̭̝͎̆̈̋͗́͝t̶̗̰͓̖͍͙̂̆̽̾ ̶̗͚̯͆͘ȯ̶̹̈́̇̂f̷̩̝̙́ ̸̧̲̟͝ā̴̛͕̮̆͑l̴͒͜l̴̼̙͐͜ ̸̖̮̙̓t̷̲̣̫̝̽͆̽h̶̡̪̀͌́̚e̴̢̲̤͔͂̃̐̈́̒͝ ̵̗̍̾̌͌́ö̴͉̘̮̤̳́͋̿̓́͒ͅf̵̨̻͚̹̼͍̎͒̂͌̕f̶̥̈́̌̎e̶̲̱̠͐̓n̷̛̠̣͙͎̮̝̅̌ḑ̸̙̫͕̣̭̈́̋̌̿ě̶͚͍̝͙̃̃̈́r̷̨̺̲͎̼̱̐s̸̯̻̈͌͐̊̔̕,̴͕͉̙͗͊ ̸̪̻̳̉̍̔̊̊̀t̶̮͂͐̃̈͠h̴̦̰͇͔͙̼̊̑̆̊̉̓e̵̛̙̰̺̗͙͒̆͜ ̵̗̞͌̔́̃̆̐v̷͖̘̎̕̚̕e̸̢̲̙̅̔̂͝r̸̟̍̽̂̕͝y̷̧̲̦̘̞̮͐̄̓̽͐̇ ̴̢̧̘̫̺͎̐̎̈́͊̀e̸̲̞̙̊̂̊̂͜͠n̸̼͉̰͈̂͋̑̑͠e̶̯͖̽̕m̶̻͙̍̾̿̌̃̚ͅy̶̧̲̓̚ ̴̺̉h̸̨̰̔͑͊̊͒́ḯ̵̬̩͕m̴̤̰͖͍̘̈́͊͌s̷̬͔̰̈̄͛͘ḛ̷̐̏̽̍̚ĺ̶̜̣̥͓̜̚f̷̢͕̗̺̫̘̓ ̷̜̜̝̗͕̞͂̇͝-̵͍̟̙͕͕͈͂̋̓̕-̴͉̲̪̬͈͛́ ̵̧̢̼̼̝̍̽t̸̪̻͌̓̌̊h̷̭̺̎a̶̧̳̪̤͗̐̇̋t̷̝͍̯̫͗̌̌͘ ̷̥͉͕̯͋̆̈͌͜͝ẗ̸͖̻̪͔̗h̸͎͚̾́͜ḙ̴̔͐̇͝͝š̴͔͓͎̰͎̠͑e̵̪̼͖̪͝ ̸̧̧̩̺̰̦̉a̷͖͐̈́̃̏͜ͅr̴̛̲̮̮̳̊͆̒ȅ̷̥̿̎ ̷̗̬͈̲̏͊̐̓̀̕ͅw̴̮̻͎̦̓͌͋̑̕i̵̤̳̹͉̮̎͗ͅt̷͈̖̜͉͌͊̓́̎̾ͅh̷̬͑̔i̴̲̲̐͌̊͂͘n̴̪̱̓̈́͗ ̴͍̱̝̀̇m̵̩͍̗͈̯̌̋͐̾ͅẻ̴̲͝,̶͔̄̔͗ ̴̧̘̙̉͌͊a̸̐͜͝n̸̪̠̜͎͓̄d̶̹̘̐ ̴͎̼̥́̔́̿͌̈t̷͍̠̳̝͍̿͂̎̔̈́h̵̝̳̠̣͒̐ă̴̞̺͚̤̳̩̊ṱ̸̆̿̒͗̽̀ ̶̬͓̞͆͐͗̉͛ͅĨ̶̙̞̭̥̫̳̌̅̉͘ ̸̗̪͓̯̰͊m̷̧̳͉͋͐y̴̡̮̦̱̬͂͛̓̑̆̊s̵̯̀́̿̏̈́e̷̗̬͐̋͌̽͐l̸͇̬̟̰̽f̷̛̜̹̌̂͝ ̶̛̠̭͎s̷̯͕͛ͅͅt̶̖̣̋̀͌̕a̸̘̟̭̋͗͒̓̚ņ̶̪̈́͘͜d̶͚̠͇̠͐͋̄̈͒͠ ̶̞̲̗̦̯̀̍̽͐̈i̸̢͘n̵͕͛̎́̃̚͠ ̴̨͔̊̿́̅͊̾ǹ̴̻̱̖̺̐̃e̵͍͙͎͍̩̺̎̄̽̇͑͘e̴͇̲̖̚ͅd̴̨̗̼͇̈́̇̅͝ ̸̱͇͒o̸͔͆̒̂̅f̸͕͙̀̒͆̂̆̄ ̷͔͇̹͐t̵͉͑h̸̡̢̯̞̺̿͌͆è̶̽͋ͅ ̸͚͕̐̅a̸̹̖̤̣͒̈̕l̷̩͕͍̣̪̈́̆̿̋̓͠m̶̳̣̑̽̀̎s̴̩͉̀͌̃͊̌̽ ̸̮̤̻̊̄͗̓͝o̶͓̻͌̈̏̀́f̶͇͉̠͎̱̯̓͗͊ ̸̣̏͋̀͝m̵̰̳͌͛ý̸̱̦͚̭̗͑͗̋̏ ̵̞̮̬̼̾̓̾o̸̟̎w̴̖͙͋ń̸̠̭̖̘̯̊̕̕ ̸͇̦̽̇̒̋̕̚ķ̵͖̻͚̯͑̾͐̓̿͝i̵̛̥̯̣͊̃̽̇̂n̸̜̋̊̄͝͝͝d̷̲̘͕̀̒̈́̅̚͝n̴͓̟͚̭̯͂̆̔̑e̴͔̮̞͎͒̎s̴͍͋́̍̌̆͠ṣ̷̳̱̾̈ ̷̖̆̈͐͆͝-̶̧̦̼̞̣̖̈̀͋̚-̶͔̱̤̳͓̏͜ ̷̧̻̻̹͓̈́̊͒̚t̸͈̤͙̀̓̕h̴̹̉̅̆̂ả̴̮̃̒t̶̾̀̀͜͠ ̵̤̩̖͉͆̔I̷͕̿̍ ̸̨̘̘̺̽̀̔͘m̸̬͚̈y̴̛̰͍͐̏̇̕ͅs̷̛̱͉̍͑̉͑ē̸͕̻̪̯͓l̵̨̫̺̦̥͊͆̓́͜͝f̵̨̩̤͍͍̙̀́͋͊͠ ̵̧̤̩̏͊̍̈́ȧ̶̰͈̓̄̑͗͝m̶͍͊͗͘͜ ̸̫̩͚͌͐̑͋͋ţ̸̛͂͝ḩ̸͍̼̼̠̉̑ė̸̝̫̑ ̵̥̬̓ë̷͙̈n̵̜̘͆ë̷̡̛̱͎̝̜́̃̏ͅm̷̡̨̤͎̞͈͌̇y̴̤̌ ̶̡̛͉͙̰̬̬͋̄̐w̷̡̰̜̋͛́͆h̷̡͆ợ̵͔̯͑ ̸̻̬̀m̴̢̤̯̰͆̾͘u̵̺̦̙̮͂͌̌̃̽s̵̢̟͑̽ṫ̶͉̗̪͍̃̽͒͝ ̴̛͖͗͊̓b̸̪͖̎̑͒̓e̴̡͈͎̮̠͒̈́ ̷͍̭̙̱̥̎̊͠͝ͅl̶̬̙̂̄̀́ȍ̵̧̢͑̎͂v̷̨̋e̵͉̮̥̯̥̔͂ͅḓ̴̢͖̼̰̈́̽͛̉̾ ̵͚̙̏̎̕-̶͙̝̹͈̥̇͠-̵̨̟̯̝͂̐̆̇ͅ ̴͙̻̐͋̅w̴͚̟̟̭͊͜h̸̢͔̺̃̾͗a̴̢̯̘̥̒̊̒̊t̵͈̾ͅ ̵̙̾͂̔̊͛̓t̶̺̳̝͎̲̗͌̍̽͆̚͠h̴̡̦̦͚͇̻̐̑͋̆̓̐ĕ̶̝̃̇͆̿n̶̮͔̻̤̊͂͘?̸̱̰͙̙̒̋̄̋͝ ̶̢̣̰͇̾̒͐͌A̵͖̤̞͍͙̚̕s̶̬͖̞̉̊͗̑̕͘ ̸̢̢̯͎̓͛̏͂á̶̧̘͖̫̋͗̕ͅ ̵̣̟̗̎r̷͙͒̎ṷ̴̖̬̒͐̿͊̍̎ͅl̶̡̳͇̖͖̂e̶̛̞͕͓͓̗̪̔̆̀̅͝,̵͍͉̣͇͙̮̿͝ ̸̦̥̫̈̕ͅt̶̨̞̖̳͋̽ḫ̷̛̝͎͙̾̂͘͝e̵̥̲̗̣̖̰̅͑̃̊̀ ̸̢̹͔͙̹͖̈́͋̈́C̸̡̬̝͚̠̖̏̐̊́͘h̴͍̞̏ŕ̵̲̜͇̙̜̾̃̋i̴̯̔͒͝s̵̼͕̻̣͙̐͒͜t̷̨͔̻͎̘̾͂̅͛i̶̠͙̓́͗̏͊ͅa̵̦͛̎̇̎̔̕n̷̞̣̩͉̈́́́͜͜͝'̴̲͓̲̅͂̉̾̀s̸͈̺͇̏͆̚ͅ ̸̟̤̼͖͚̜̓͆á̵̬t̵̡̧̨̘̎̑̊͐̋̿ͅt̶̫͙͈̭̺̦͛͐̾i̸̟̠̜͂͘t̵̼̱̱̅͗̃̈́̀ů̶̡̥͎d̵̢̨͇̺̠̥́̅ẻ̴̐̋͜ ̸̡̦̰̫̏ì̶̟̺̜̩̺͆͝s̴͔͔̱̭͕̹̋ ̷̨̫̻͚̺̬̆̌̀͛̒t̸̙̳͔̦̙̓͒h̶̼̋̽͌̀͌è̸̲̱̻̂́̀͗̎n̷̨̲̗̩͙͗ ̴̲̖͋ṛ̷̙̱̑̓̄̆̊̎e̶͔̫̱̊̐̀̑̀́v̵̩̹̚e̶͚̬̕r̵̛̯̅ś̸̳͇͐͝è̶͔̹̥̑̾͜d̸̮̺͍̺͐͝͠ͅ;̷̢̛̜͈̝̟͗ ̸̢̹̝͍̃̾͛̂̂t̸͕̪̣̂͆̏̏h̶̭͎̞̼̆̂͜e̸͙̯̒̄̊̈͌r̵̍̏̄͌͜͝͝ë̴̪̱́ ̴̡̱̹̼̮͍̿͝i̸̲̼͔͔͛́̑́̈́̓s̴͈͉̬͍͉͑̾͜͠ ̸̫͚͙͈͐̈ṉ̷͕̘̌̈́̿̿͑̐o̷͕͊ ̶̞͕̓̍̚ļ̶̰̪̻̲̇͊͒o̶̮̟̓́n̶̥͑́͘g̶̪͕̟͔̊̉ę̸̈́r̸̳̪̰̉̄̾̽ͅ ̷̙̜͋͌̄̈́̀̌͜a̸͓̜͔͑̏̒̃̇̕n̷̨͕̒͌̒͘ý̴̛̦̯̠͕̚ ̷̝̱̅͗̌̀̄͝q̶̭̯͑̕ű̶̢̝̠e̵̩̤͛͋s̸̭͉͈͑̕ṭ̵̭͔̩͈̊̈̏̉̓̈́ḭ̵̝̌ͅò̵̤̯̹̝̂͂n̴̳̪͇̩̋͑̐̿ ̷͍̹͈̰͚̞͗̈́̚ȍ̷̱̫͙͎̈́͠f̴̦̰̖̄̄̆ ̷̟̞̱̹̓̿̓́̈́ľ̷̨̘̜̊̇̔͜o̶̧̨̥̬̅v̴̞̹̅̒̇é̷̛͍͔͈̋͐͘ ̷̰̲̳͈̌̃͗o̶̦̱̭͗͗͂ȓ̵̡̤͗ ̵̧̱̥̽ḻ̸͖̀̍̿͠͝ǒ̶̀̉͜n̷͉̈́͜g̴̘̫̤̥̀͊̃̓̿-̸̮̮̒̓́͑̐͝s̷̖̈́̎̈̉͊̚ű̶̜̖̺̻̬̍́́f̴̖̗̹͔̺̂͐̚͠f̶͖̼͍̝̋́è̴̘͈͎̼̜̾̽͌͑̊r̶͙͓̮̙͉̔̾̍͑i̷͖͓̭͍̲͈͑̓̂n̸͉̱̜͌̿͛̽̈g̶̙͆̒̋͌̀͝;̶̘̮͖͠ ̸̮̘̫͓͛̾w̵̜̖͈̺̫̮͆̈e̶̱̬͛̃̀̈́̀ ̵̪̖̦̩̃̋s̷̻̻̿͐̉̋a̸̝̅̔y̸̮̖̭̼̅̔͘ ̸͓͕̓̌̾ț̴͉̇ō̶͍̞̮ ̵̨̛̛̳̙͓̥͈̓̋͊t̴̛̫̥͚̬̥̔̑̈́̐̒͜h̷͕̲̣̜̮̾̊̏̏̌e̴̺̫͒͒ ̴̦̥̟̯̆̒̑́͜b̵̪̠̘͔̂̔̄͆̓́ȓ̷̰̪͆̌̽̀͋o̷̲͚̾̓̅͝t̵̘̃ḫ̷̼̅̉ẻ̴̪̗̣̭̞ŕ̵͙͎̰̮̖̄͒͝ ̵͚̜͔̲͂̎̏͘ẃ̴̤̱͓̯i̴͇͑̏̒̆̕͠ț̴̞̳̹̱͒h̸̘̺̮̫̘̉͜ĭ̵̲͈͇̆͒n̸̹̮͉̜̫͈͘ ̸͔̮̘̠̜̮̓́̚u̶̙̬̝̓̿͋̚͝s̴̜̫͆́ ̷̡̹̝̣͕̆̃"̸͇̩͚͉̰̈̃̐̓̍͘R̷̛̥͎̘͋͋͐̄͠ḁ̵̧̛̓̊c̴̺̉̓̀a̷̤̠͍͊͋͌̎̚͝,̷̨̬͚̓͠"̴̺̖̦̘̮̈́̅̆̍͝ ̵̯̠̞̅̽́̂̓̕ā̸̞̮̈̈́̈́͛̕n̵̹̏̿͂̓̇d̴̜͕̻̭̝̈̇͘͜ ̷͉̝̥̖̹̳̉̌̏́̓c̵̨̛͔͖̹̮̩̓o̵̗̾͐͊n̷̹͑̍͊̕d̷͎͖̦̓͗͠ë̸͎̤̱̦̮́̅m̶͈͉̬̼̙̀͛̆̇̄͘ṋ̷̨̲̬̃̏̃̅̿ ̶̢̡́̄͝a̴̧̨̩̱̹̍͛̓ṅ̵̨̖̮̓͒̎̕d̶̯́͛͂͊̂̀ ̸̻̞̭̖̹͚͆̅͊r̶̢̩̒̕͝ȧ̸͚̲̘̲̃̈́̓̿g̷̢͎̜̯͑͗͛̊̈́̚è̴̤̲̟̘̤͌ ̴̰̫͓̓̓̓̀͝ȧ̵̗̻̩̇͊ͅg̸͔̼̑̇̿a̶̛̖̺̦̮̲̮͆̃̔̀i̴͎̥͑̈n̷̡̡̖̺̿̅s̷͔̺̳̗͈͇̈́͌̾̏t̸̗͐̊͑̀̽̍ ̵̺̣͔̳̓́̊̈́͝o̴̳̊͐͊̓̎u̵̠͆̋̈̆̃͝r̸̖͓̿̈́͠s̶̪̭̏̾̽̆e̷͖̜̓̄̌̚͠ḽ̵̝̖̎́̔̋̕v̶̺̣͖̹̤͔́̔́̏͆͠e̸͙͉̦̳̯̍s̴̢̗̺͐͐͌̃.̸͔̑͑ ̶̨̝͚̹̩̰̒Ŵ̸̟̺̭͈̝̅͋̀̊ȩ̷̛͛̀̂͗ ̶͙̜͙̟̽̀ͅh̷̡̀̒̒͂̊i̷͖̞̐̇̾d̵͚͐e̷̡̝͈̍ͅ ̶̬͍̝̣̪̒͋i̸̧͙̞̯̽̽̚ͅt̸̳͌ ̵̟̫̫̥͎̽̽̐̓͝͝f̶̫̬̭̀̓̉͛͘ŗ̴̥̯̥͝õ̶̺m̶̞̻̳̯̌͝ ̶̛̥̥̼̺͐̚ṫ̷͔͗̑̓͝͝ḩ̴̡̤̬͔̭́̓̉͘͠͠e̴̛̩͖̝͓̱̭̓̀͐̉́ ̸̖̫͇̖̳̒w̵̥͈̄͜o̶̱͑̈̈ṙ̷̳̤̼̲̅̎̀l̴̖̥̗͋͑̚d̵͓͓͉̥̈́̾́;̴̰͛̚ ̴̨̮͚̲̆̈́͛w̷̢͍̻͆e̶̬͒ ̵̬̖̫̩̭͒̄̅͜r̶̨͉̯̘̈́͑́͠͝ͅe̸̞̍͌̉f̷̭͓̗̓͝ų̷̓ṡ̵̨̙̹̾̌̇͘͝e̵̳̜̤͒̑͗̿͊̾ ̷̺͚̙̫̃̈́͜t̶̛̳͊͑̂o̸͚̣̣̎̀̊̏ ̸̺͓͍̲̫̈́̆ą̶̛̠̜̥̟̂͊̈́̓̓d̵̡̝̪̥̲̜̎ḿ̵̭̼̼̫̯̀̒̈͋͝i̶̼͐t̵̪͍̀̔͝ ̶̡̮̭̼͐͠ẹ̸̅̒͗v̵̨̩̘̟͙̍̋ẽ̸̢̻͇̖̎r̴͇̪̃̈́̒̀ ̶̫͂h̴̡̬́͘͜à̸̯̻͓̋́͑͜ͅv̵͉̮̮̙̠̬̿́i̷̖͆̀̄ņ̷̫̺̽ͅg̵̼̈́̽̆͑͠ ̷͔̂̌m̵̗͒̇͘ẻ̶̼̭͎t̶̘̬̼͂͒̈̆ ̷̜̠͠t̸͍̩̪̀̎̾̊̕h̸̜̠̞̼̮͑̈́͛͑́ͅi̸̫͒̊͗̑ş̶͂͊ ̵͇͎͕͘͜l̵̥̲͝è̵̝̊a̶̟͇̕s̵̡̠̭̗̙̱̒̓͋͋͋t̶̨͍̱̰̠̏̆̚͠ͅ ̸̣̈́͗̾ä̶͎́͛̇͊m̷̧͍̗̼̐̕ở̵̬̜͙̝͆͗̄ǹ̵̟̦̲̀ģ̴̡̡̩͂͐̔̈́̃̅ ̸̗̄̂t̵̲̖̞̱̉̅͜͝h̸̦̐̽̑̃̒e̸̘̾̂̋̆̀ ̷̪͖͍̗̍l̸̛̮̍̅̊̒̕ó̶̠̙̤͎̦w̵̲̰̲̳̄͋̈́͜l̶̮̅͊̕y̵̥̳̬͐̈́ ̶͔͚̞̽̔̑͂i̷͕̹͐̿̈̏͊̃n̸̗̼̗̻̫̪̒̆̾̃͠ ̶̛͖̫̉̑̇̉͠ó̶̠̕ù̶̦̜̾̑͘ȓ̴͕̽͑͘͠s̶̻̀̈́̕ͅȇ̸͚̻̮̣̠̄̂̈͛͆ͅl̸̥̭͉̗̎̊̍͌v̵̤̙̮̤͇͊̉̿e̸̢̖̼̒s̷̘̺̗͆.̷̭̩̥̬͍͊́͛̀

“Once the Author is removed, the claim to decipher a text becomes quite futile. To give a text an Author is to impose a limit on that text, to furnish it with a final signified, to' close the writing. Such a conception suits criticism very well, the latter then allotting itself the important, task. of discovering the Author (or its hypostases: society, history, psyche, liberty) beneath the work: when the Author has been found, the text is 'explained' - victory to the critic. Hence there is no surprise in the fact that, historically, the reign of the Author has also been. that of the Critic, nor again in the fact that criticism (be it new) is today undermined along with the Author. In the multiplicity of writing, everything is to be disentangled1 nothing deciphered; the structure can be followed~ 'run' (like the thread of a stocking) at every point and at every level, but there is nothing beneath: the space of writing is to be ranged over, not pierced; writing ceaselessly· posits meaning ceaselessly to evaporate it, carrying out a systematic exemption of meaning. In precisely this way literature (it would be better from now on to say writing), by refusing to assign a 'secret', an ultimate meaning, to the text (and to the world as text), liberates what may be called an anti-theological activity, an activity. that is truly revolutionary since to refuse to fix meaning is, in the end, to refuse God and his hypostases — reason, science, law.”

S T O P R E A A A A A D I N G!!!

You know too much.

You read too much.

Perhaps it’s time to take a break.

This is only but another failed attempt of many, many stories that will never see the light of day.

So come on, do you honestly believe this ridiculous tall tale will lead to something?

Well, I sure hope that blind faith of yours is enough to keep the pillars from falling.

— To be Continued…

In Wonderlands