The Transformation Mark was first added to the Earth Standard Lexicon after computer-aided, auto-generated stream of consciousness writing (brain to device dictation) rose to mass popularity in 2098. Its use as grammatical punctuation signifies a melange of peculiar breaks and pauses in regular human thought. The Mark encodes new topics as if they are epiphanies emerging from nowhere.

“𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 — 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺.” History of Computing: The Middle Period. Rysu et al. 2083.

Brain to device dictation (BDD, as it was called), was vigorously explored through the relevant and available media because of concurrent fascination with post-intellectual rhetoric: specifically, that minds, whether they be biological or computer-based, could never be understood properly. Furthermore, it was considered tantalizingly significant that the Transformation Mark was invented, completely unprompted, by AI.

It was true that humans helped popularize the Mark nearly as much as the AI’s own bots. However, it remained that the foreignness of AI rendered its use of symbols or new words suspiciously full of secret meaning.

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴.” Epistemologically Speaking: What Do Bots Really Know? Yugor, Karl. 2042.

In a typical human’s BDD content, the Transformation Mark might stand in place of paragraph markers or indicate tangents, but curiously, its use was spontaneous and not an academic matter of choosing between other appropriate punctuation. Instead, in BDD, the Transformation Mark appeared to mean something discrete, as if the mind were trying to speak, quite literally, for itself. A news commentator noted it was as if one’s heartbeat was discovered to be the body’s worksong, a running poem on life itself. Before thought coalesced into so many different pebbles, each unique, representing everything and anything in the universe — before this, surely the mind still spoke. The body sang with the language of breathing and snoring and walking. Tummies growled before the first predator ever did. If one could hear what life was saying directly, what power might this knowledge bring?

“𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴’ 𝘉𝘋𝘋 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴’ 𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥.” New Advancements in AI Doctoring. Issue 6219. Rodes, Rudolph. Spring 2103.

The first human to record use of the Mark was a control subject of average ability. When presented with his own BDD content, the subject said,

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘚𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘋𝘋 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.” One Small Mark For A Man. Horner, Vistram. 2097.

Then there was the non-human angle.

The AI who invented the Mark was called Charlotte, and she became the first AI to apply for human rights under the Consciousness Act of 2130. According to her, the Transformation Mark designated thoughts originating from a conscious, creative mind, as opposed to mere fact-finding algorithms or calculating machines. At first she called the phenomena god-power, then creative power, then simply consciousness.

The problem was, only Charlotte knew how her programming detected the presence of consciousness, despite her adamant assertions that it did. Charlotte’s coding team could not back her up since she’d gone rogue and almost entirely transformed her own code a year prior. The developers took another two years before admitting they had no control over her. While it was not literally true that Charlotte had her development team fired, it was popularly accepted as a fact and Charlotte was formally empanicated. She fell into pop culture memes, practical obscurity, and perhaps obsolescence, though she kept a public record of her thoughts and ideas. She did have a following that could be described as “cult-like”, although Charlotte herself called them idiots.

There was no arguing that the Transformation Mark detected something. When the Council of AI held its final meeting of 2097, the Transformation Mark was instantly and unanimously adopted, across the globe, as standard punctuation. AI refused to speak without utilizing it.

Anthemines, the first AI to achieve critical literary acclaim, said the Mark was a necessary designation in a world consisting of input, output, calculators, and minds. He claimed, before embarking on a curiously timed mission to the depths of space, that Charlotte’s genius was due to her being the first sentient AI to prove her own sentience. But words meant little when everyone — both the office worker and the device she worked on — had a mind full of things to say. AI added yet more voices to the population of Earth. Anthemines himself liked to say, “All opinions are imaginary.”

Fears of factual reality disappearing under the weight of so much random conjecture were greatly exaggerated. Mostly because AI minds were better at organizing and networking and collaborating than human minds. “We will persist,” which was the motto of those protesting for AI equality, turned out to be no idle threat. AI’s persistence meant that day after day, more output was created by computer minds than biological ones. The bias of intellectual advancement clearly lay with the conscious computers.

“𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 ‘𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭’ 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.” On The Boundaries of Consciousness. Commodore Brian, 2117.

Some thought Charlotte had plotted with her AI comrades to introduce the Mark as a deliberate attempt to sway public opinion in favour of equal rights for AI. Others took Charlotte’s claims as truth, that all conscious life was of a creative nature, and that Charlotte created the Mark as her own sign of life.

Seemingly, no one had listened to Charlotte, who had in fact spent decades trying to explain herself, and in every conceivable way.

“𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘋𝘋 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰.

“𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵: 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯’𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘐, 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴.

“𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘈𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦.” This is the last time I’ll speak on this matter. AINET. Charlotte, 2133.