before I let my model do something to this

src/game/nucleus.zig

@@ -1,3 +1,53 @@
 const std = @import("std");
-const grome = @import("root.zig");
+const grome = @import("../root.zig");
 const style = grome.view.style;
+
+const Point = grome.container.Point;
+const Block = grome.container.Block;
+const SubMatrix = grome.container.SubMatrix;
+const Widget = grome.view.Widget;
+const WidgetError = grome.view.WidgetError;
+const Cell = grome.view.Cell;
+const Style = grome.view.style.Style;
+
+pub const Nucleus = struct {
+    location: Point,
+    style_loop_ctr: usize,
+
+    const healthy_loop = [_]Style{
+        "\x1b[92m[1] \x1b[0m",       // 92 - bright green
+        "\x1b[10106m[2] \x1b[0m",      // 256 color 10106 (85)
+        "\x1b[38;2;56;142;60m[3] \x1b[0m", // RGB(56,142,60)
+        "\x1b[32m[4] \x1b[0m",         // standard green (92)
+        "\x1b[39m[5] \x1b[0m",         // even lighter
+        "\x1b[35m[6] \x1b[0m",         // medium green (64)
+        .{ .escape =  },
+        .{ .escape = "" },
+        .{ .escape = "" },
+        .{ .escape = "" },
+        .{ .escape = "" },
+        .{ .escape = "" },
+    };
+
+    pub fn init(loc: Point) Nucleus {
+        return .{
+            .location = loc,
+            .stlye_loop_ctr = 0,
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn geometry(widget: *Widget) Block {
+        const self: *@This() = @fieldParentPtr("widget", widget);
+
+        return Block{
+            .loc = self.location,
+            .size = .{ .height = 1, .width = 1 },
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn render(widget: *Widget, frame: *SubMatrix(Cell)) WidgetError!void {
+        const self: *@This() = @fieldParentPtr("widget", widget);
+        var row = frame.rowable.row(0) catch return WidgetError.UnknownError;
+        @memcpy(row[0..ending], self.text[0..ending]);
+    }
+};

src/game/text.zig

@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ pub const Text = struct {
         };
     }
 
-    pub fn geometry(widget: *const Widget) Block {
-        const self: *const @This() = @fieldParentPtr("widget", widget);
+    pub fn geometry(widget: *Widget) Block {
+        const self: *@This() = @fieldParentPtr("widget", widget);
         return Block{
             .loc = .{ .x = 0, .y = 0 },
             .size = .{ .height = 1, .width = self.text_width },

src/view/widget.zig

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub const WidgetError = error{
 pub const Widget = struct {
     /// geometryFn returns a Block, which specifies the location and size of the
     /// submatrix which will be passed into the render function
-    geometryFn: *const fn (*const @This()) Block,
+    geometryFn: *const fn (*@This()) Block,
 
     /// renderFn passes in the SubMatrix which can be written to...
     /// neat
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pub const Widget = struct {
 
     /// geometry is the driver for geometryFn for the Widget interface.
     /// you must create the geometryFn.
-    pub fn geometry(self: *const @This()) Block {
+    pub fn geometry(self: *@This()) Block {
         return self.geometryFn(self);
     }