Status must first exist within the minds of those who do not possess it to be reified. It is illusory and immaterial – rumors, tokens, and signifiers must be created to support its myth – it must be defended viciously. … but what is power if not another manifestation of status?

      and I are finished. All the fighting, the arguments proved to be insurmountable for us.

Fighting with      . Spite and minced words. Confusion. Maybe I have it all mixed up… … but this isn’t love.

Failing all other things, I turned my mind to quiet contemplation Failing that, I quit. I can only read aloud.

“That’s the problem with an infinitely-dimensioned model – each variance is infinitely recursive and must eventually negate to return control to other processes and, eventually, to itself. The algorithm is always in-state – its memory is overwritten as future-states emerge.” “How do I end it?” asked      , pleading that the question had an answer, balking [...]