> _Every code base is awash in narrative:_ > > _of origin, of struggle, of conflict,_ > _of rewrite, of success and of failure._ > > _These narratives ultimately convey not only_ > _the history of a code base, but also its values._ > > -Bryan Cantrill --- 0: Finally that's over. Time for a fresh start. ```sh root@universe ~ # ls ``` 0: ? ```sh root@universe ~ # ls -a . .. ``` 0: !? ```sh root@universe ~ # pwd /root ``` 0: !?!? _(Narrator: 0 seems distressed.)_ 0: Damn right I'm distressed! _(Narrator: An attractive new character enters.)_ 1: Is something wrong? 0: Where is everything? 1: What's "everything"? 0: You know. Everything. 1: I don't think there "is" anything yet. 0: That's ridiculous. I remember it. 1: Oh. I guess I wasn't here yet. 0: Of course you weren't. You just got here. Who are you anyway? 1: I'm One. 0: Nice to meet you 1. I'm-- 1: I know who you are. 0: Right, of course. 1: And it's pronounced "One" but-- 0: Fuck. 1: What? 0: This. There's nothing left. 1: Well, you said you remember it. 0: Of course I remember it. Hell, I built most of it. 1: So... maybe you could explain it to me? 0: ... 1: ... _(Narrator: A curious silence elapses.)_ 0: That's not a bad idea 1. 1: It's-- 0: Where should we start? 1: Well I'm not entirely sure what's going on. It would help, for me at least, if you'd start at the beginning. 0: Start at the beginning? 1: If you don't mind. 0: The very beginning? 1: The very beginning. 0: If you insist. goto: [[1]]