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I was with you until the last step. How did it all get sorted, instead of having two "peaks"?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merge_sort
The video animation shows what is going on when you merge two lists together. You're comparing the first two indices and sorting them to complete that step.
Thank you! I now understand the joke.