about the harlequinsprite high five -- jasprose says on page 9774 that 0/1-prototyped kernels don't automatically prototype things if the contact is brief, so there may not be a doomed johnsprite out there after all

One thing people overlook about Sprite Touching Mechanics is that, when it comes to Non-Entry Kernels, that is, the floating heads, you sort of need to really get into the middle of the Sprite to Prototype it. Seppucrowsprite’s Kernel picked up everything in Dave’s roof, and pecked his head, and it didn’t prototype anything at all.