diff --git a/projects/lilith/BUILD b/projects/lilith/BUILD
index 0935c95..05c23d1 100644
--- a/projects/lilith/BUILD
+++ b/projects/lilith/BUILD
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ py_project(
     name = "lib",
     lib_deps = [
         py_requirement("lark"),
+        py_requirement("pyyaml"),
+        py_requirement("markdown"),
     ],
     test_deps = [
         py_requirement("hypothesis"),
@@ -13,7 +15,10 @@ zapp_binary(
     main = "src/python/lilith/__main__.py",
     deps = [
         ":lib",
-        py_requirement("lark"), # FIXME: Absolutely a zapp bug
+        # FIXME: Due to zapp bug(s), replicating requirements here.
+        py_requirement("lark"),
+        py_requirement("pyyaml"),
+        py_requirement("markdown"),
         py_requirement("prompt_toolkit"),
     ],
 )
diff --git a/projects/lilith/src/lilith/designdoc.lil b/projects/lilith/src/lilith/designdoc.lil
index 917d0b5..5b61545 100644
--- a/projects/lilith/src/lilith/designdoc.lil
+++ b/projects/lilith/src/lilith/designdoc.lil
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-!def[pitch, frag[lang: md]]
+!def[pitch, md[]]
 # The Lilith Pitch
 
 Code is more than .. just code for the compiler.
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ idea: the parser is going to IGNORE stuff by default.
 
 Let's build an M-expression syntax with support for multiple co-equal languages and fragments/scopes with a meta-syntax allowing for references between them and consuming fragment-notation-defined blocks? (FIXME: better word?)
 
-!def[sytnax]
-!frag[lang: md]
+!def[sytnax, md[]]
 
 \![] bang-brackets is a meta-syntactic directive used both by the lil tangler and the lil object language.
 
@@ -35,10 +34,9 @@ FIXME: we need bare words, we need strings
 
 FIXME: We need the object language
 
-!def[openapi, frag[lang: yaml]]
+!def[openapi, yaml[]]
 
-!def[main, frag[lang: lil]]
+!def[main, lilith[]]
 ; is importing a bang-operation?
 
-import[tagle]
-print[str.join["", list[pitch, syntax]]]
+print[str.join["", [pitch, syntax]]]
diff --git a/projects/lilith/src/python/lilith/__main__.py b/projects/lilith/src/python/lilith/__main__.py
index 8680146..2151a12 100644
--- a/projects/lilith/src/python/lilith/__main__.py
+++ b/projects/lilith/src/python/lilith/__main__.py
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
-"""A simple Lilith shell."""
+"""The Lilith runner."""
 
+import argparse
+from importlib.resources import read_text as resource_text
+import sys
 import traceback
 
 from lilith.interpreter import Bindings, eval, Runtime
-from lilith.parser import Apply, Args, parse_expr
-from lilith.reader import Module
-
+from lilith.parser import Apply, Args, parse_expr, Symbol
+from lilith.reader import Import, Module, read_buffer, read_file
 from prompt_toolkit import print_formatted_text, prompt, PromptSession
 from prompt_toolkit.formatted_text import FormattedText
 from prompt_toolkit.history import FileHistory
 from prompt_toolkit.styles import Style
+import yaml
 
 
 STYLE = Style.from_dict(
@@ -27,17 +30,13 @@ def print_(fmt, **kwargs):
     print_formatted_text(FormattedText(fmt), **kwargs)
 
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+def repl(opts, args, runtime):
+    """Run an interactive Lilith repl, supporting only the Lilith language itself."""
+
     session = PromptSession(history=FileHistory(".lilith.history"))
-    runtime = Runtime("test", dict())
     module = Module(
         "__repl__",
-        {
-            "print": print,
-            "int": int,
-            "string": str,
-            "float": float,
-        },
+        {},
     )
 
     while True:
@@ -60,3 +59,88 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         except Exception as e:
             traceback.print_exc()
             continue
+
+
+def batch(opts, args, runtime):
+    """Run a Lilith program 'for real' in non-interactive batch mode."""
+
+    if opts.file:
+        mod = read_file(opts.file)
+        main = "main"
+    elif opts.main:
+        mod, main = opts.main.split(":") if ":" in opts.main else opts.main, "main"
+        dirmod, rname = ".".join(mod.split(".")[:-1]), mod.split(".")[-1] + ".lil"
+        mod = read_buffer(resource_text(dirmod, rname), mod)
+
+    main = Symbol(main)
+
+    # Register
+    runtime.modules[mod.name] = mod
+
+    print("DEBUG: batch mode")
+    print(
+        yaml.dump(
+            {
+                "type": "runtime",
+                "name": runtime.name,
+                "modules": {
+                    m.name: {
+                        "defs": {dname.name: repr(d) for dname, d in m.defs.items()}
+                    }
+                    for m in runtime.modules.values()
+                },
+            }
+        )
+    )
+
+    if main in mod.defs:
+        eval(runtime, mod, Bindings(main, None), mod.defs.get(main))
+    else:
+        raise NameError(f"entry point {main} not found in {mod.name.name}")
+
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-m", "--main", default="main", help="The name of an entry point eg <module>:<name>"
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-p",
+    "--path",
+    default=[],
+    action="append",
+    help="Append something to the module path.",
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--prelude", default="lilith.prelude", help="Select a module prelude."
+)
+parser.add_argument("file", nargs="?", help="A file to start executing from")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    opts, args = parser.parse_known_args()
+
+    # Bash anything the user says is the path onto the PYTHONPATH so we can use importlib for our loading machinery.
+    for e in opts.path:
+        for _e in e.split(":"):
+            sys.path.insert(0, _e)
+
+    # Building up a bootstrap interface for going out to many Python features.
+    runtime = Runtime("__runtime__", Symbol(opts.prelude), {})
+    bootstrap = Module(
+        "lilith.bootstrap",
+        [],
+        {Symbol("py"): lambda *args, body=None, **kwargs: eval(body)},
+    )
+    runtime.modules[Symbol(bootstrap.name)] = bootstrap
+    prelude_mod = read_buffer(
+        resource_text(
+            ".".join(opts.prelude.split(".")[:-1]), opts.prelude.split(".")[-1] + ".lil"
+        ),
+        opts.prelude,
+    )
+    runtime.modules[prelude_mod.name] = prelude_mod
+
+    if (opts.path and opts.main) or opts.file:
+        batch(opts, args, runtime)
+    else:
+        repl(opts, args, runtime)
diff --git a/projects/lilith/src/python/lilith/interpreter.py b/projects/lilith/src/python/lilith/interpreter.py
index a4b0c9d..a379b0d 100644
--- a/projects/lilith/src/python/lilith/interpreter.py
+++ b/projects/lilith/src/python/lilith/interpreter.py
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 """
-
+A quick and dirty recursive interpreter for Lilith.
 """
 
 import typing as t
 
-from .parser import Apply, Block, Symbol
-from .reader import Module
+from lilith.parser import Apply, Block, Symbol
+from lilith.reader import Module
 
 
 class Runtime(t.NamedTuple):
     name: str
-    modules: t.Dict[str, Module]
+    prelude: Symbol
+    modules: t.Dict[Symbol, Module]
 
 
 class BindingNotFound(KeyError):
diff --git a/projects/lilith/src/python/lilith/prelude.lil b/projects/lilith/src/python/lilith/prelude.lil
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a859a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/lilith/src/python/lilith/prelude.lil
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+!import[lilith.bootstrap, [lang, py]]
+!def[abs, lang[py]]
+abs
+!def[delattr, lang[py]]
+delattr
+!def[hash, lang[py]]
+hash
+!def[set, lang[py]]
+set
+!def[all, lang[py]]
+all
+!def[dict, lang[py]]
+dict
+!def[min, lang[py]]
+min
+!def[any, lang[py]]
+any
+!def[dir, lang[py]]
+dir
+!def[hex, lang[py]]
+hex
+!def[next, lang[py]]
+next
+!def[slice, lang[py]]
+slice
+!def[ascii, lang[py]]
+ascii
+!def[divmod, lang[py]]
+divmod
+!def[id, lang[py]]
+id
+!def[object, lang[py]]
+object
+!def[sorted, lang[py]]
+sorted
+!def[bin, lang[py]]
+bin
+!def[enumerate, lang[py]]
+enumerate
+!def[input, lang[py]]
+input
+!def[oct, lang[py]]
+oct
+!def[staticmethod, lang[py]]
+staticmethod
+!def[bool, lang[py]]
+bool
+!def[eval, lang[py]]
+eval
+!def[int, lang[py]]
+int
+!def[open, lang[py]]
+open
+!def[str, lang[py]]
+str
+!def[breakpoint, lang[py]]
+breakpoint
+!def[exec, lang[py]]
+exec
+!def[isinstance, lang[py]]
+isinstance
+!def[ord, lang[py]]
+ord
+!def[sum, lang[py]]
+sum
+!def[bytearray, lang[py]]
+bytearray
+!def[filter, lang[py]]
+filter
+!def[issubclass, lang[py]]
+issubclass
+!def[pow, lang[py]]
+pow
+!def[super, lang[py]]
+super
+!def[bytes, lang[py]]
+bytes
+!def[float, lang[py]]
+float
+!def[iter, lang[py]]
+iter
+!def[print, lang[py]]
+print
+!def[tuple, lang[py]]
+tuple
+!def[callable, lang[py]]
+callable
+!def[format, lang[py]]
+format
+!def[len, lang[py]]
+len
+!def[property, lang[py]]
+property
+!def[type, lang[py]]
+type
+!def[chr, lang[py]]
+chr
+!def[frozenset, lang[py]]
+frozenset
+!def[list, lang[py]]
+list
+!def[range, lang[py]]
+range
+!def[vars, lang[py]]
+vars
+!def[classmethod, lang[py]]
+classmethod
+!def[getattr, lang[py]]
+getattr
+!def[locals, lang[py]]
+locals
+!def[repr, lang[py]]
+repr
+!def[zip, lang[py]]
+zip
+!def[compile, lang[py]]
+compile
+!def[map, lang[py]]
+map
+!def[reversed, lang[py]]
+reversed
+!def[complex, lang[py]]
+complex
+!def[hasattr, lang[py]]
+hasattr
+!def[max, lang[py]]
+max
+!def[round, lang[py]]
+round
diff --git a/projects/lilith/src/python/lilith/reader.py b/projects/lilith/src/python/lilith/reader.py
index b676837..997d94c 100644
--- a/projects/lilith/src/python/lilith/reader.py
+++ b/projects/lilith/src/python/lilith/reader.py
@@ -4,21 +4,30 @@ Lilith's reader takes parsed blocks and applies languages, building a module str
 
 import logging
 import typing as t
-from .parser import Block, Args, parse_buffer, Symbol
 from warnings import warn
 
+from lilith.parser import Args, Block, parse_buffer, Symbol
+
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+class Import(t.NamedTuple):
+    src: Symbol
+    names: t.Dict[Symbol, Symbol]
+    wild: bool = False
+
+
 class Module(t.NamedTuple):
-    name: str
+    name: Symbol
+    imports: t.List[Import]
     defs: t.Dict[str, Block]
 
 
 def read_buffer(buffer: str, name: str = "&buff") -> Module:
     """Read a module out of a string [or file]"""
 
-    m = Module(name, {})
+    m = Module(Symbol(name), [], {})
     for block in parse_buffer(buffer, name):
         if block.app.target == Symbol("def"):
             if len(block.args.positionals) == 2:
@@ -30,6 +39,20 @@ def read_buffer(buffer: str, name: str = "&buff") -> Module:
             if block.args.kwargs:
                 warn("!def[<kwargs>] are ignored")
 
+        elif block.app.target == Symbol("import"):
+            # FIXME (arrdem 2021-08-21):
+            #   This doesn't simplify imports as it goes.
+            #   Multiple imports from the same source will wind up with multiple importlist entries.
+            iname = block.args.positionals[0]
+            wild = block.args.kwargs.get(Symbol("wild"), False)
+            rename = block.args.kwargs.get(Symbol("as"), {})
+            imports = (
+                block.args.positionals[1] if len(block.args.positionals) == 2 else []
+            )
+            m.imports.append(
+                Import(iname, {rename.get(i, i): i for i in imports}, wild)
+            )
+
         else:
             raise SyntaxError(f"Unsupported block !{block.tag}[..]")
 
diff --git a/projects/lilith/test/python/conftest.py b/projects/lilith/test/python/conftest.py
index 6723c47..25609e7 100644
--- a/projects/lilith/test/python/conftest.py
+++ b/projects/lilith/test/python/conftest.py
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 Pytest fixtures.
 """
 
-from lilith.parser import Block, parser_with_transformer, GRAMMAR
-
+from lilith.parser import Block, GRAMMAR, parser_with_transformer
 import pytest
 
 
diff --git a/projects/lilith/test/python/test_interpreter.py b/projects/lilith/test/python/test_interpreter.py
index 3351c18..2a39061 100644
--- a/projects/lilith/test/python/test_interpreter.py
+++ b/projects/lilith/test/python/test_interpreter.py
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@
 
 """
 
-from lilith.interpreter import Bindings, Runtime, eval
+from lilith.interpreter import Bindings, eval, Runtime
+from lilith.parser import Apply, Args, Symbol
 from lilith.reader import Module
-from lilith.parser import Args, Apply, Symbol
-
 import pytest
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def runtime():
+    return Runtime("test", None, {})
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "expr, expected",
     [
@@ -17,11 +21,11 @@ import pytest
         ({"foo": "bar"}, {"foo": "bar"}),
     ],
 )
-def test_eval(expr, expected):
+def test_eval(runtime, expr, expected):
     assert (
         eval(
-            Runtime("test", dict()),
-            Module("__repl__", dict()),
+            runtime,
+            Module("__repl__", [], dict()),
             Bindings("__root__", None),
             expr,
         )
@@ -29,11 +33,11 @@ def test_eval(expr, expected):
     )
 
 
-def test_hello_world(capsys):
+def test_hello_world(capsys, runtime):
     assert (
         eval(
-            Runtime("test", {}),
-            Module("__repl__", {Symbol("print"): print}),
+            runtime,
+            Module("__repl__", [], {Symbol("print"): print}),
             Bindings("__root__", None),
             Apply(Symbol("print"), Args(["hello, world"], {})),
         )
diff --git a/projects/lilith/test/python/test_parser.py b/projects/lilith/test/python/test_parser.py
index 3b13657..6fa5b51 100644
--- a/projects/lilith/test/python/test_parser.py
+++ b/projects/lilith/test/python/test_parser.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from lilith.parser import (
     parser_with_transformer,
     Symbol,
 )
-
 import pytest
 
 
diff --git a/projects/lilith/test/python/test_reader.py b/projects/lilith/test/python/test_reader.py
index 4ccb1af..7898fa9 100644
--- a/projects/lilith/test/python/test_reader.py
+++ b/projects/lilith/test/python/test_reader.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 from lilith.parser import Apply, Args, Block, Symbol
 from lilith.reader import Module, read_buffer
-
 import pytest
 
 
@@ -12,7 +11,8 @@ import pytest
         (
             """!def[main, lang[lil]]\nprint["hello, world"]\n""",
             Module(
-                "&buff",
+                Symbol("&buff"),
+                [],
                 {
                     Symbol("main"): Block(
                         Apply(Symbol("lang"), Args([Symbol("lil")], {})),
diff --git a/tools/python/requirements.txt b/tools/python/requirements.txt
index f3d493b..8983238 100644
--- a/tools/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/python/requirements.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ lark==0.11.1
 livereload==2.6.3
 lxml==4.6.3
 m2r==0.2.1
+Markdown==3.3.4
 MarkupSafe==2.0.1
 meraki==1.7.2
 mirakuru==2.4.1