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Here's a bird's eye view of the carnage:

And some close-ups of the lack of artistry and patience given to the destruction of the pile:

A view of some not-so-bad fitting of the pieces:

And then it was time to get tough. The monster began to howl at the realization that it was pinned to a ceiling tile with the great strength of push pins. It began to shake and move about and I knew it had to be permanently put to rest. I calmed it as best I could by gently rubbing its foiled seams with a brush covered with flux. I knew it would not realize what was about to happen. I slowly reached over and plugged in my soldering iron and waited for it to heat to its greatest temperature of 700 degrees while continuing to stroke the glass with the brush to calm it. Without warning, I grabbed my roll of solder, tapped it to the glass and quickly brought the tip of the soldering iron to it, melting the solder and binding the flux to the foil allowing the solder to flow easily over it securing the dangerous creature's pieces. It screamed! I continued to tack the pieces together with dots of molten tin and lead all around it until I knew it could no longer move.

Was I safe yet? I knew the beast would regain its strength as it lay in silence with dots of cooling metal over its surface. I had to put it away for good. I made sure I had all its seams dabbed with the flux, trying to soothe it more with the brush. When I was certain the foil was ready, I began to quickly seam all of the monster's jagged pieces together. The deed was done. Now all that is left is to bind it in a frame.
