This essay began with my draft, a visit with a pet psychic, and some old memories from biology class. I brought it to ChatGPT in Codex to talk through the argument. It checked sources, pushed back on some of my claims, helped distinguish observation from interpretation, and drafted a full revision. I edited that draft and made the final calls.

The artwork followed the same back-and-forth. The first image was too Hallmark. I supplied a photo of Astro and Doc, asked for underground-comic energy, and we arrived at the header and CW lettermark, both generated with ImageGen.

I’m sharing the conversation so you can see the work: where the ideas started, where we disagreed, and which words came from whom. Given the subject, I also asked the AI to have the final word.
