Night-Fishing the Arkansas River, run through the machine until the machine broke. The stripes have gone red and purple and circuit-traced, the fishing rod bleeds color, the crescent moon holds its position, and Broboticus remains at the water's edge — outlined in gold now, undisturbed. The signal interference doesn't bother him. He's still waiting for something to bite. Broboticus is the stable element in an unstable system, which may be the most accurate thing that's ever been depicted about this character. The line is still in the water.
