irk: This last line obviously alludes to the week beginning October 24^th which found William in an epic struggle with an editor (from a publication that shall remain nameless), an epic battle to write the first sentence: the editor eventually emerged triumphant.

As has been documented elsewhere, William prefers to write again rather than revise that which has been written, to add to rather than manipulate that which exists. So, in this next scene, the scope of the word “code” expands from that evidenced in Scene I. The barriers begin to be dismantled, as code’s definition broadens to warp the distance between the human and the machine, with a detour ending at edge of reality. Let’s take a look:

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