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[[Cueball]] notices that if you draw a lot on an {{w|Etch_A_Sketch|Etch-a-Sketch}}, the aluminum powder in it can be cleared from enough of the screen to allow a view of the interior (as seen [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/EtchASketch_Inside_Shown.jpg here]). | [[Cueball]] notices that if you draw a lot on an {{w|Etch_A_Sketch|Etch-a-Sketch}}, the aluminum powder in it can be cleared from enough of the screen to allow a view of the interior (as seen [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/EtchASketch_Inside_Shown.jpg here]). | ||
β | Cueball then proceeds to clear a window into the device, which shows him that there's a girl | + | Cueball then proceeds to clear a window into the device, which shows him that there's a girl inside whose job is to act as the stylus for the Etch-a-Sketch. She suggest that they be friends, and little hearts pop up. |
As the dream fades, it then becomes clear that this is just a fantasy, and Cueball sighs at the rather more mundane reality that the lines get drawn by a stylus moving on a simple arrangement of rods. The comic ends with Cueball shaking the Etch-a-Sketch, likely in resignation at the reality of it, which resets it and will re-conceal the mechanism. | As the dream fades, it then becomes clear that this is just a fantasy, and Cueball sighs at the rather more mundane reality that the lines get drawn by a stylus moving on a simple arrangement of rods. The comic ends with Cueball shaking the Etch-a-Sketch, likely in resignation at the reality of it, which resets it and will re-conceal the mechanism. |