and so youre back in the void. youve reached the seventh layer, now. what have you been doing it for?

i wanted to explore

im putting words in your mouth. i apologize.

you dont have to apologize

youre just saying that because i wrote it so.

maybe so

you know, thinking about it. what does this have to do with rei in the first place? i worry ive gone off the deep end here

well, you of course remember the bit in episode 23 in which rei speaks to herself. this is kind of like that, if you squint

maybe if you squint.

well. were dragging on now. stop squinting

alright, alright. whatever. do we actually have anything to say here, or is this just writing to fill a space with something interesting?

why should i know? im supposed to be the audience in this story

ah. right. well.

well?

im not sure. is it underwhelming if all this digging leads to nothing special? i worry i set up too high of an expectation for this whole venture to come to some sort of meaningful conclusion

this is a weird neocities shrine. why does it need a 'meaningful conclusion'. this isnt some grandiose art project. youre just taking a bit to an extreme

true. maybe ive overstayed my welcome. i mean. 7 pages deep? whos going to actually bother to click through all those links hidden in different images?

i mean. i clearly have. if im here

true. but youre just a literary tool in this case. how can i even be sure youre real?

you dont. but youre writing this all anyway, just in case.

fair point

the distinction between voices gets a bit muddy when either of us ramble on too long. should something be done about that?

i mean. whats the point in distinguishing the voices in the first place? its technically the same voice, as weve said

should we have our own text colors?

in this font? what next, chumhandles?

right, right

knock that off

ok

werent we just talking about lacking direction

im embracing the lack of direction, at this point. i think its growing on me

its my website, after all. upload my middle of the night stream of consciousness bullshit directly to the web

alright then.

hang on, wait

hello?

huh?

you went quiet for a moment there

oh. sorry. why are you getting closer?

im not sure

huh. well then

you know. this is sort of like the modern platos dialogues

no its not

ok youre right

if this is anything, this is probably a 17776 ripoff without the connection to anything interesting. but i havent gotten around to reading 17776 yet, so who knows. its probably quite different than this

ok i think if i was worried about overstaying my welcome before, this has certainly overstayed its welcome at this point, hasnt it

yeah maybe. plus well probably have to deal with the angels at some point, too

yeah, yeah. alright, lets go on and get this over with. theres one more page. go on, youve made it this far