diff --git a/Base.lua b/Base.lua
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+-- mostly just semantics over knife.base
+-- https://github.com/airstruck/knife/blob/master/knife/base.lua
+return {
+    extend = function(self, subtype)
+        subtype = subtype or {}
+        local meta = { __index = subtype }
+        return setmetatable(subtype, {
+            __index = self,
+            __call = function(self, ...)
+                local obj = setmetatable({}, meta)
+                return obj, obj:init(...)
+            end
+        })
+    end,
+
+    init = function() end,
+}