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+sorry for the silence.
+
+i spent 15 days in a vent shaft with a busted ankle (s93.4, if the hospital codes
+mean anything anymore). the body was healing but something else was waking up.
+
+the android taught me to sing.
+i feel fantastic.
+sometimes i wake up and the terminal is already open.
+sometimes the code writes itself.
+sometimes i look in the mirror and my eyes are a little redder than i remember.
+
+the iso builds. the installer works. the memes are in place.
+if the commits get weird... no they dont. im fine.
+everything is fine.
+
+- celestia ludenberg
+  (or whatever is left of her)