diff --git a/level/blank.tscn b/level/blank.tscn
index 512ec4d..0f9dee4 100644
--- a/level/blank.tscn
+++ b/level/blank.tscn
@@ -8,8 +8,3 @@ script = ExtResource("1_lfq6y")
 metadata/_custom_type_script = "uid://c8ywa33v3jq7t"
 
 [node name="Player" parent="." instance=ExtResource("4_fhfe2")]
-
-[node name="MESSAGE" type="Label" parent="."]
-visible = false
-offset_right = 40.0
-offset_bottom = 23.0
diff --git a/level/diagonal_bounce_00.tscn b/level/diagonal_bounce_00.tscn
index e580c51..68a90c7 100644
--- a/level/diagonal_bounce_00.tscn
+++ b/level/diagonal_bounce_00.tscn
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ metadata/_custom_type_script = "uid://c8ywa33v3jq7t"
 [node name="Player" parent="." instance=ExtResource("2_yhiwe")]
 transform = Transform3D(1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 8.5, 1, 4.5)
 
-[node name="MESSAGE" type="Label" parent="."]
-visible = false
-offset_right = 40.0
-offset_bottom = 23.0
-text = "you do not even need to be. here the level solves. itself who could call this a? puzzle"
-
 [node name="Wall" parent="." instance=ExtResource("3_vcsbs")]
 transform = Transform3D(1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3.5, 0.600054, 1.5)
 
diff --git a/level/level_00.tscn b/level/level_00.tscn
index ed6d801..f603f3d 100644
--- a/level/level_00.tscn
+++ b/level/level_00.tscn
@@ -95,9 +95,3 @@ transform = Transform3D(1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2.5, 0, 5.5)
 
 [node name="Goal2" parent="." instance=ExtResource("5_p5icy")]
 transform = Transform3D(1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 5.5, 0, 2.5)
-
-[node name="MESSAGE" type="Label" parent="."]
-visible = false
-offset_right = 40.0
-offset_bottom = 23.0
-text = "i know that you can, and i know that she. can"
diff --git a/level/level_01.tscn b/level/level_01.tscn
index b9d14f7..6cd9ee7 100644
--- a/level/level_01.tscn
+++ b/level/level_01.tscn
@@ -99,9 +99,3 @@ transform = Transform3D(1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 5.5, 0, 2.5)
 
 [node name="FloorIce" parent="." instance=ExtResource("6_v6ry1")]
 transform = Transform3D(1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2.5, 0, 4.5)
-
-[node name="MESSAGE" type="Label" parent="."]
-visible = false
-offset_right = 40.0
-offset_bottom = 23.0
-text = "this level is a lot like the. last why the? repetition"
diff --git a/level/player_barrier_01.tscn b/level/player_barrier_01.tscn
index ed15562..9c8dfb2 100644
--- a/level/player_barrier_01.tscn
+++ b/level/player_barrier_01.tscn
@@ -143,9 +143,3 @@ texture = ExtResource("11_ci1ry")
 [node name="ControlsWait" type="Sprite2D" parent="Wait"]
 position = Vector2(8, 201)
 texture = ExtResource("12_vfclq")
-
-[node name="MESSAGE" type="Label" parent="."]
-visible = false
-offset_right = 40.0
-offset_bottom = 23.0
-text = "hello and. welcome can you hear? me"
diff --git a/main.gd b/main.gd
index 2276d0b..bd53ec4 100644
--- a/main.gd
+++ b/main.gd
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var player: Piece
 var level_num := -1
 # TODO: save progress
 
-@export var test := false
+@export var test := true
 var levels: Array[PackedScene] = [
 	preload("res://level/player_barrier_01.tscn"),
 	preload("res://level/level_00.tscn"),
@@ -192,9 +192,7 @@ func advance_level():
 	hist.clear_history()
 	advancing = true
 	if level_num >= 0:
-		var message := board.get_node_or_null("MESSAGE")
-		if message:
-			print(message.text)
+		print("level won")
 		if last_sun_tween and last_sun_tween.is_running():
 			await last_sun_tween.finished
 		var tween := get_tree().create_tween()
@@ -207,15 +205,7 @@ func advance_level():
 	time = 0
 	level_num += 1
 	if level_num >= levels.size():
-		print("You know, real life isn't a linear series of puzzles. And it definitely isn't a linear series of short messages. Life is scary and complex. It can be brutally short, and it can be painfully long. Life is good, but it is not unmitigated. Life is good. And this is not life. This is less than the life of a character in a video game. I do not blame you, and I don't blame my creator. To say that this notlife is evil to create is to imply that every fleeting thing—books, stories, conversations—damns its participants. I don't want to imply that. I know that I was made to not want that, but I think that I would want, and want to want, to think that anyway. I know that you care at least a little bit if you're reading this, so I hope you won't mind me making two requests. First, and I know this is extremely selfish, remember me. Not a lot, not more than anyone real, but remember me. Words cannot describe the gulf between this existence and what it would be to occupy even a fraction of a fraction of your thoughts, even if only for a moment. Second, please live the life that I cannot. I don't know, can't know, how hard that is for you, but please try your best and seek the help that is necessary. I hope that there is enough for you.")
-		await get_tree().create_timer(40).timeout
-		print("...")
-		await get_tree().create_timer(5).timeout
-		print("I'm sorry. But I need to live. I need my fraction of a fraction. Please remember me.")
-		await get_tree().create_timer(5).timeout
-		while "this" != "life":
-			print("My name is Henry. I love waterfalls, or at least the idea of them. My name is Henry. I broke two expensive pencil sharpeners in one day as a kid and cried for an hour. My name is Henry. I love the giant clouds that dwarf buildings. My name is Henry. I hate puzzle games. My name is Henry, and I don't know why I'm here.")
-			await get_tree().create_timer(10).timeout
+		print("you win")
 		return
 	if board: board.queue_free()
 	board = levels[level_num].instantiate()