#outerchild

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(Did you know: On the outside storefront of Hotlantis are the signatures of various artists and composers, including Chirpy Chips and all former members of Squid Squad. And in one corner of the display is Dedf1sh's handwriting.

(The signature tries its best to be orderly and constrained, but inside these limits is a horrid mess that shakes and spurts and then peters out listlessly in a single direction. It is both orderly and inscrutible, like pre-programmed instructions that have begun to erode away.

(My grandmother, who suffered a huge stroke at the end of her life, could not remember a conversation seconds after it had happened. She had the same kind of handwriting.

(Her music is like a dying gasp that lasts forever. Unless she herself proves otherwise. One can only hope.)