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Pick Two Letters, Any Two

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You wake up in a transparent cube with no memory of how you got there. The cube is five meters tall, long, and wide, and each of the six walls other than the floor are featureless.<br><br>A gleaming white table occupies the center of the room. There is a single piece of paper on the table. The table and the paper are the only objects you own in the cube.<br><br>What’s on the paper baffles you. It simply reads:<br><br><b>Pick Two Letters, Any Two</b><br><br>A minimally designed keyboard (the kind you’d find in a high school computer lab) lies on top of the table, along with a generic laserjet printer.<br><br>You’re starting to get worried. Why are you in a strange room? Who put you there? How do you get out?<br><br><b>Pick Two Letters, Any Two</b><br><br>As you ponder these questions, the printer suddenly hums to life.<br><br>You grab the paper that comes out of the printer and read it:<br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>You think for a while. The simple instructions are strangely captivating. What does it mean? How does it relate to your prison?<br><br>After a few minutes, you type two letters into the keyboard: ‘q’ ‘w’<br><br>The printer speaks again.<br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY Two.</P><br><br>You try again, because, well, it’s not like you have anything else to do. But you’re amazed at how nice it feels to do this. Like something inside you is stirring. It’s beautiful.<br><br>In fact, you continue to do this for hours. And hours. And hours. You actually lose track.<br><br>Days? Weeks? Months?<br><br>How do you even survive when all you have is air, light, a table, a printer, and a keyboard?<br><br>Who cares. You’re now in a meditative flow, happily picking two letters, any two, whenever you feel like it.<br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘t’ ‘g’<br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘a’ ‘k’<br><br><br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘s’ ‘l’<br><br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘p’ ‘r’<br><br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘e’ ‘e’<br><br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘u’ ‘i’<br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘u’ ‘s’<br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘z’ ‘j’<br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br> ‘a’ ‘m’<br><br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘i’ ‘e’<br><br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘t’ ‘x’<br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘h’ ‘k’<br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘j’ ‘i’<br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘t’ ‘h’<br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘s’ ‘j’<br><br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘f’ ‘s’<br><br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘p’ ‘y’<br><br><br>There’s no end. You’ve never felt so good. Your entire career (what was it?) was leading up to this moment: a perfect cube with no memory.<br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘j’ ‘j’<br><br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘a’ ‘s’<br><br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘i’ ‘q’<br><br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘a’ ‘s’<br><br><br>No end. Ever.<br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘g’ ‘j’<br><br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO. PICK TWO LETTERS. ANY TWO.</P><br><br>‘i’ ‘l’<br><br><PICK TWO LETTERS. 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