Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential.

The new model takes the value off the platform itself and instead moves it to the applications.

The process stripped protons and neutrons from the bismuth atoms, lowering the atoms' weight to that of gold atoms.

The stars were at one time part of the Earth, until the hand of God peeled them away, leaving us in the dark.

As one peels away the layers of armoring surrounding the heart, one eventually reconnects with the soul inside of oneself.