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+```
+  _  _ _    _    _         _
+ | || (_)__| |__| |___ _ _| |_  ___ _ _
+ | __ | / _` / _` / -_) ' \  _|/ -_) ' \
+ |_||_|_\__,_\__,_\___|_||_\__|\___|_||_|
+                                  assets
+```
+
+The attic of Hiddenden.
+
+This is where the scripts, files and odds and ends end up: the things that are
+public, and the things that turned out to be handy enough to leave the door open
+for everyone else.
+
+Nothing here is precious. Grab a copy, change it, break it, make it yours.
+
+> Written for our own machines first. Read before you run, as always.
+
+*Made in the Hiddenden café. ☕*