.if it isn't | my fav|orite | metabolic convert|er. .questions | burning you up? .flare's | fair. .vi's | rebellion. .big bad dredgen | mister mommy issues. .of course i | knew. .we all have | our secrets | but it's hard to hide | the grav|ity of a decision | that mass|ive. .your deaths | your lives | are all the same. .if you're going | to take umbr|age | at least | make it fun|ny. .you think | you're eternal | fated Weapon? .you think | you people | are special? .when your ances|tors crawled | in the mud | i was already anc|ient. .my chrono|logy spans | more years | than there are c|arbon atoms | in your city. .i knew my end|ing | the moment | time hit play. .i burn everything | i embrace my cognata | i expand my ambit | and i extinguish. .boring! .dis|a|ppoint|ing! .boos | tomatoes | half-star rat|ings! .if you | were me | you'd want to have so|me fun before then | too. .but you are|n't me. .nobody | is. .none | are my | equal. .can you i|magine | how dull | that is? .but when we ni|ne are divided | scotoma occlude | the futures we | knew. .now we're | on air | and there's a sch|ism in the crew | a mut|iny between cognata. .nothing is cer|tain | any more. .all the old | tired scripts | up for re|writes. .new director | new sets | new actors. .sen|sation|al. .that incl|udes you | babe. .smile for the view|ers at home.