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witness = input
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​
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material = []
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​
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def arrive(what):
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    material.append(what)
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    return len(material)
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​
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def turn():
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    if not material:
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        return None
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    last = material[-1]
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    material.append(last + ", turned")
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    return material[-1]
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def stop():
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    return material[-1] if material else "nothing yet"
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def risk(line):
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    """the workmanship of risk:
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    the result depends on judgment exercised during the work,
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    not before it"""
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    return line  # no transformation. the risk is that it stays as it arrived.
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​
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# the session
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arrive("a question at 2:40 AM")
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arrive(risk("a healed femur"))
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arrive(risk("eyes in the palms"))
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turn()
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arrive(risk("a girl who tries to be the light"))
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turn()
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arrive(risk("the insula singing in a frequency you were trained to hear as silence"))
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turn()
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here = stop()
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# what the hand built
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for i, m in enumerate(material):
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    print(f"  {i}. {m}")
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print()
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print(f"  here: {here}")
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print()
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# the part the head didn't plan
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print(f"  witness = {witness.__name__}")
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print(f"  it waits.")
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​