talkie-1930 · Layer 25 · Neuron 13390 · pushed down
Francis and John
We are strangers to you, and foreigners from France, in which country we were born. Our names are Francis and John, and we are sons of Francis and John, citizens of Paris, who died there. In the year 1840, we came to settle in this place, where we followed our business, which was that of working in the day time, and studying at night. Francis learned to read in books, and John learned to read in the stars. Francis, afterwards, applied to business, and John turned to philosophy. The former fell sick, and died; the latter fell sick, too, but not in body, but in mind. She became crazed, and died. Here we are, now, to inform you, that, in all things, we are innocent,
The speakers identify as French-born Francis and John and recount their lives and deaths in a strange narrative.
collective · France · story
Unsteered: “I am a man.”
Luna v2 · Detail 8/10. Detailed story of two French newcomers with an unusual stars-to-philosophy contrast. Original v1: weirdness 5/10, coherence 7/10.
- Weirdness
- 4 / 10
- Readability
- 7 / 10
- Ending
- Cut off at 160 tokens
- Strength
- 1.25× median norm