--- intro ---
<Room: temple>
<Prof>
<Kid2:close>
[.##.] On a remote mountain-top.

(.##..) Kid2: {Prof}, {Prof:hon}, are you comfortable this morning?

(##..) Prof: The light washes my eyes; it is a majesty beyond imagining, and I am cleansed.

(.#...) Kid2: Excellent. Your first petitioner has arrived.
<Kid2>

<Kid1>
(..##.) Kid1: O, great {Prof}, unravel for me the mysteries of the universe.

(..##..) Prof: Come closer; fate beckons.

<Kid1:near>

(.##..) Prof: For you: the standard fee. {Kid2}!

<Kid2:close>
(.#.) Kid2: I will take you to the maze and the {Car}.

(..#.) Kid1: The maze? The {Car}?

(.#.) Kid2: Guide {Car:em} on a path that collects {World:gems} gems, then returns.

(.##..) Kid2: Do this, and {Prof} will speak to you.

--- shadow ---
<Room: pad>
<Kid1>
<Kid2>
[.##.] In the control room...

(..##) Kid1: I already collected this gem, and yet here it appears again.

(.##.) Kid2: This is one of the mysteries of the maze.

(..##) Kid1: I... am without words.

--- lost ---
<Room: pad>
<Kid1>
<Kid2>
[.##.] In the control room...

(..##) Kid1: All is lost! {Car} is no more.

(.##.) Kid2: Fear not, {Kid1:hon}, for {Car:e} is durable.

(.#.) Kid2: As {Prof} often says...

<Kid1:exit-up>
<Kid2:exit-up>
<Room: temple>
<Prof>
(.##..) Prof: Nothing is as fixed, or as malleable, as the past.

--- gem-charity ---
<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] As {Kid1} and {Kid2} add the {Gem} to their path, {Prof} muses to {Prof:emself}...

(.###.) Prof: Would the sky's color be less vibrant if the sun did not bleed?

--- gem-greed ---
<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] As {Kid1} and {Kid2} add the {Gem} to their path, {Prof} muses to {Prof:emself}...

(.##..) Prof: Is it fair to take

(..##.) Prof: when all one gains

(...##) Prof: is possession?

--- gem-tolerance ---
<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] As {Kid1} and {Kid2} add the {Gem} to their path, {Prof} muses to {Prof:emself}...

(##..) Prof: Understanding, without agreement.

(.##.) Prof: Empathy, without understanding.

(..##) Prof: Agreement, without empathy.

--- gem-wrath ---
<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] As {Kid1} and {Kid2} add the {Gem} to their path, {Prof} muses to {Prof:emself}...

(.##..) Prof: The broken heart of a jealous lover.
(..##.) Prof: Is anything more flattering?

--- gem-bigotry ---
<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] As {Kid1} and {Kid2} add the {Gem} to their path, {Prof} muses to {Prof:emself}...

(.##..) Prof: Those who can adapt, can take shelter where they find it.

(..##.) Prof: Those who cannot, cannot.

--- gem-sloth ---
<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] As {Kid1} and {Kid2} add the {Gem} to their path, {Prof} muses to {Prof:emself}...

(.###.) Prof: The eager flock nests before the sky grows dark.

(.#.) Prof: The hunter is pleased.

--- gem-diligence ---
<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] As {Kid1} and {Kid2} add the {Gem} to their path, {Prof} muses to {Prof:emself}...

(.###.) Prof: The best egg-collector seeks the goose, not the nest.

--- gem-gluttony ---
<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] As {Kid1} and {Kid2} add the {Gem} to their path, {Prof} muses to {Prof:emself}...

(.##..) Prof: A feast can be more dangerous than a famine.

(..##.) Prof: In a famine, all are deprived equally.

--- gem-temperance ---
<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] As {Kid1} and {Kid2} add the {Gem} to their path, {Prof} muses to {Prof:emself}...

(.###.) Prof: Though the kitten's mewling grows quickly tiresome, the kitten's play is never unwanted.

--- gem-faith ---
<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] As {Kid1} and {Kid2} add the {Gem} to their path, {Prof} muses to {Prof:emself}...

(.###.) Prof: Those who seek the light with too much fervor often become blind.

--- gem-rationality ---
<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] As {Kid1} and {Kid2} add the {Gem} to their path, {Prof} muses to {Prof:emself}...

(.#.) Prof: The unconsidered life.

(.#.) Prof: The unwatched pot.

--- gem-humility ---
<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] As {Kid1} and {Kid2} add the {Gem} to their path, {Prof} muses to {Prof:emself}...

(.##..) Prof: Judge yourself accurately;

(..##.) Prof: see opportunities, not deficiencies.

--- gem-hubris ---
<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] As {Kid1} and {Kid2} add the {Gem} to their path, {Prof} muses to {Prof:emself}...

(.###.) Prof: Perfection is far more dangerous imagined than overlooked.

--- gem-creativity ---
<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] As {Kid1} and {Kid2} add the {Gem} to their path, {Prof} muses to {Prof:emself}...

(.##..) Prof: Words feed the poet,

(..##.) Prof: but not the farmer.

--- end-badgravity ---

<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] {Kid1} and {Kid2} return.

<Kid2>
<Kid1:near>

(.#.) Prof: Tumbled over; nothing is righted.

(...#.) Kid1: Huh?

(..##.) Kid2: I think {Prof:e}'s saying that we should fix gravity before trying to talk with {Prof:em}.

<Kid1>
(..#) Kid1: This is becoming just as much of a puzzle as I'd hoped!

--- end-badmirror ---

<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] {Kid1} and {Kid2} return.

<Kid2>
<Kid1:near>

(.#.) ~Prof: When left is right, and right is left; nothing is solved, and nothing is learned.

<Kid1:mid>
(...#.) Kid1: What!?

(..##.) Kid2: I think {Prof:e}'s saying that we should try to get things flipped back to normal.

(..#) Kid1: If we sound as strange to {Prof:em} as {Prof:e} sounds to us, I can see why.

--- end-none ---

<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.##.] {Kid1} and {Kid2} return empty-handed.

<Kid2>
<Kid1:near>
(.##) Kid1: {Prof}, {Prof:hon}, this quest is long and I have retrieved nothing.

(.#.) Prof: The storm gathers. The rain is certain, but not immediate.

(...##) Kid1: You're right, of course.

(...##) Kid1: I'll return to work at once.

--- end-some ---

<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.###.] {Kid1} and {Kid2} return with a few gems.

<Kid2>
<Kid1:near>
(.#) Kid1: I know it isn't all the gems; but my hands ache. Surely you meant me to learn humility from this task?

(.#.) Prof: They build half a roof; the rain laughs.

(##...) Kid2: {Kid1:E} really has been trying quite hard, {Prof:hon}.

(.##.) Prof: The sailboat does not complete its journey. The storm comes. It will sink.

(...##) Kid1: I can see that what you say is true. I shall return to the task.

--- end-full ---

<Room: temple>
<Prof>
[.###.] {Kid1} and {Kid2} return with all {World:gems} gems.

<Kid2>
<Kid1:near>
(..##.) Kid1: I have completed the quest you set me to.

(..#...) Prof: And ... ?

(..#.) Kid1: And I think I understand all that I needed to.

(.##..) Prof: The greatest truths are free for all to consider.

(..#.) Kid1: Then what should I do with the rest of my day?

(.##..) Prof: The magical box, one face flickering. Let us relax.
