___                  _             ______        __
  / _ | __ _  ___ ____ (_)__  ___ _  /_  __/____ __/ /_ Given
 / __ |/  ' \/ _ `/_ // / _ \/ _ `/   / / / -_) \ / __/ 1) the waterfall
/_/ |_/_/_/_/\_,_//__/_/_//_/\_, /   /_/  \__/_\_\\__/  2) the illuminating gas
                            /___/

Throughout the conversation he spoke in great looping sentences, full of parantheses and clarifications; transcribing the tape took on the air of a topological exercise, finding where the punctuation might best fit.