i do not know, because this dumb twine thing isn't finished\n\n[[rats|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6KOEMJKdEI

i do not know what it is either! it is strange.<<if $anvil and $stone>> i feel we are very close though.<<endif>> shall we guess?\n\n* <<if $stone>>[[it still looks much like a stone to me|a-stone]]<<else>>[[is it a stone|a-stone]]<<endif>>\n* <<if $anvil>>[[you have already shot me down re: anvils|an-anvil]]<<else>>[[perhaps it is an anvil|an-anvil]]<<endif>>\n* [[i tell you that i do not know|insist][$choose = "dontknow"]]\n* [[i will not guess|dont-ask]]

<<if $anvil>>you have already said it is an anvil, and i tell you i do not think so\n\n* <<if $stone>>[[and you also think it is not a stone|insist][$choose = "stone"]]<<else>>[[i also think perhaps it could be a stone|a-stone]]<<endif>>\n* [[well i do think that is what it is, an anvil|insist][$choose = "anvil"]]\n* [[i am at a loss. i do not know what it is|dont-know]]\n* [[piss on it then|dont-ask]]<<else>>hmm. i do not think that it is an anvil.\n\n* <<if $stone>>[[then for sure it must be a stone|insist][$choose = "stone"]]<<else>>[[you are right. it is but a stone. i am ashamed|a-stone]]<<endif>>\n* [[it is for sure an anvil though friend|insist][$choose = "anvil"]]\n* [[well then i cannot say|dont-know]]\n* [[fie and forget it|dont-ask]]<<set $anvil to true>><<endif>>

<<if $stone>>i am not sure what it is, but I think i am sure of one thing: it is not a stone\n\n* [[but it is so very much a stone—it must be|insist][$choose = "stone"]]\n* <<if $anvil>>[[are you as sure of your anvil opinion|insist][$choose = "anvil"]]<<else>>[[it also seems like an anvil to me|an-anvil]]<<endif>>\n* [[i was sure—it must be i do not know|dont-know]]\n* [[you tire me as does your query|dont-ask]]<<else>>no, no. it is not a stone<<set $stone to true>>\n\n* [[I insist to you that it is a stone|insist][$choose = "stone"]]\n* <<if $anvil>>[[an anvil then, no doubt|insist][$choose = "anvil"]]<<else>>[[perhaps an anvil then?|an-anvil]]<<endif>>\n* [[i am disheartened, and do not know what it is|dont-know]]\n* [[well fine then i will not guess|dont-ask]]<<endif>>

now, this will not do. you are too attached to your ideas. we must discover what this is.\n\n* <<nobr>>\n<<if $choose is "stone">>\n[[i have discovered what it is and it is a stone|rebuke]]\n<<elseif $choose is "anvil">>\n[[you are categorically rejecting that it is an anvil then|rebuke]]\n<<elseif $choose is "dontknow">>\n[[look i really am flummoxed here i can't tell you|rebuke]]\n<<elseif $choose is "refuse">>\n[[i won't play this silly game with you|rebuke]]\n<<endif>>\n<<endnobr>>\n* [[but how|stopgap]]

what is this?\n\n* [[it is a stone|a-stone]]\n* [[i believe that it is an anvil|an-anvil]]\n* [[i cannot tell what that is|dont-know]]\n* [[do not ask me|dont-ask]]<<silently>>\n<<set $anvil to false>>\n<<set $stone to false>>\n<<endsilently>>

you seem much crosst. i only want to know what that is. <<if ($anvil or $stone) neq false>>surely you have more thoughts.<<endif>>\n\n* <<if $stone>>[[if you will not concede it is a stone then this conversation is useless|a-stone]]<<else>>[[any fool can see, it is a stone|a-stone]]<<endif>>\n* <<if $anvil>>[[you have refused to see that it is an anvil|an-anvil]]<<else>>[[clearly it is an anvil and that is that|an-anvil]]<<endif>>\n* [[i was wrong to abrade you, i was but self-conscious, for I do not know what it is|dont-know]]\n* [[it is fruitless and I will not guess|insist][$choose = "refuse"]]

i am appalled. <<if $stone>>i've let you play with the stone delusion. <<endif>><<if $anvil and $stone>>and<<endif>> <<if $anvil>>i've been patient with the anvil thing.<<endif>> <<if $stone or $anvil>>but <<endif>>your head is all up in the wrong place my friend. you've gotta get yourself right.\n\n* [[i am sorry, how do I do this thing|stopgap]]

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