I refuse to apologize for this: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my $spell = hex('123');
my $you = "a garden of delight.";
my $rituals = 10;
my $plan = "I, the despoiler";
my @describe = reverse (qw ( seek meet tell alarm bless ));

while ($rituals--) {
    if ($rituals < 5) {
        print cast($spell) => "$you\n";
    } else {
        reset reverse ($plan, times);
    }
}

sub cast {
    foreach my $invocation (caller) {
        my $plan = join ' with me ', "#", $invocation, $you ;
        do {
            study $plan;
            eval "$plan";
            $plan .= " here, unharmed.";
        };
    }
    return "$plan, " . $describe[$rituals] . " you in ";
}

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ESPECIALLY to Mrs. Vroom, who is lovely and patient.

In reply to RE: The YAPC Quest by chromatic
in thread The YAPC Quest by Ozymandias

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