I'm Nando

[NANDO] (one soft pluck... beep.) Hey. I'm Nando. NAN-doh. Quiet, come close... "not-and" is my name, and I'm small as they grow. Two switches click on — (pfft! — the lamp puffs out) — I go dark. Any other way? I glow. One little spark.

Just little me — one tiny gate. (beep.) Just little me — one tiny gate. No flashy light, no big parade... just little me, in the dark I made.

[KID] But Nando — just you? That's all? [NANDO] (beep... boop...) ...just me. [KID] Just you? [NANDO] Just me. Now watch what one can be.

[NANDO] (the pluck splits in two — boop-boop!) Stack me with me... and a flip starts to bloom — (whoa!) two of me, three of me, filling up the room!

(key change — the one voice multiplies, beep-boop-beep!) [NANDO] Stack me up! — and I'm Nottie, I flip! [KID] Stack him up! [NANDO] I'm Andy, both-on grip! Stack me up! — I'm Orla, any one'll do! [KID] Stack him up! [NANDO] I'm Xoro, exactly-one too!

[NANDO (stacked choir)] Stack me up! — a thousand of me! Stack me up — and the whole machine! Every gate, every glow, every line in the light... the whole computer hides in me tonight! (beep-boop-beep!)

[KID] Wait — that was YOU the whole time?! [NANDO (stacked choir)] One little part, stacked again and again — on becomes off becomes a glowing little brain! [KID & NANDO] Stack me up! — and you build the big from the small!

[NANDO (stacked choir)] Stack me up! — a thousand of me! Stack me up — and the whole machine!

(the choir folds back down to one soft pluck... beep.) [NANDO] ...just little me. One switch. (on...) ...and off. (click.)