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No. 70: Delkin Speaks

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Delkin Speaks

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Strip by: qvaak

{Delkin walks into the frame}
Delkin: We should try our best to build the best possible world. And we should try our best not to succeed.
{Delkin looks bemused}
{Delkin walks into the frame}
Delkin: How much wood will a woodchuck chuck, given that the woodchuck can, and is willing to, chuck wood?
{Delkin looks bemused}
{Delkin walks into the frame}
Delkin: This is a true statement, but I think I'm lying, whereas this is a true statement, and I know it is.
{Delkin looks bemused}
{Delkin walks into the frame}
Delkin: I saw a photograph the other day that touched me so deeply, I fear analysing it might dampen the memory or tear me apart.
{Delkin looks bemused}
{Delkin walks into the frame}
Delkin: Hemidemisemiquaver. Antidisestablishmentarianism. Hziulquoigmnzhah. Antepenultimate. Fish.
{Delkin looks bemused}
{Delkin walks into the frame}
Delkin: It might seem I'm breaking the fourth wall, but I'm not. I'm playing a mind game and imagining myself as a webcomic character.
{Delkin looks bemused}
{Delkin walks into the frame}
Delkin: Caring about oneself is primitive; about close friends it's easy; about humanity an achievement; about nature, wonder.
{Delkin looks bemused}
{Delkin walks into the frame}
Delkin: If the reality is nothing more than it's laws, we might have not only many futures but also many pasts.
{Delkin looks bemused}
{Delkin walks into the frame}
Delkin: Hey, thanks for reading this far.
{Delkin looks bemused}
{Delkin looks bemused}
{Delkin looks bemused}
{Delkin looks bemused}
{Delkin looks bemused}

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