A textmode/ANSI piece built around breaking through surface layers to reach the deepest, most unguarded part of the self. The vertical red and black stripes warp inward, splitting open to reveal a dark heart‑shaped center. The distortion feels like wires snapping into shadow, exposing what usually stays hidden. It suggests that true expression only emerges when those inner layers rupture — when the protected core is laid bare and nothing stands between the self and what it needs to express.