my ^Class;
^Class = create_low_level_instance(
    class      => ^Class, # the instance has a ref to the metaobject
    methods    => {},     # some place to store the method refs
    # ... now create the other 
    # fields in the class object
);

sub _add_method_bootstrapper ($class, $method_name, $method) {
    low_level_instance_access($class, 'methods'){$method_name} = $method;
}

# first install the method dispatcher
_add_method_bootstrapper(
    ^Class, 
    'dispatch_method', 
    -> $obj, $method_name, @args {
        # ... find the method, either in the 
        # the local class, or in an inherited
        # class. Then call the method ref with 
        # the args.
    }
);

# now add the add_method method ...
_add_method_bootstrapper(
    ^Class, 
    'add_method', 
    &_add_method_bootstrapper,
);

# whalla, you now have bootstrapped method dispatch
^Class.add_method('get_method' => -> $method_name {
     low_level_instance_access($class, 'methods'){$method_name}
});

# go about building the rest of Class here