diff --git a/src/interpret.rs b/src/interpret.rs
index 38887eaa..a10ec6f6 100644
--- a/src/interpret.rs
+++ b/src/interpret.rs
@@ -205,10 +205,9 @@ impl ExecEnv {
                     Value::Functio(func) => {
                         match func {
                             Functio::BfFunctio(body) => {
-                                use crate::variables::BfWriter;
                                 let mut input: Vec<u8> = vec![];
                                 for arg in args {
-                                    input.write_value(&self.eval_expr(arg)?);
+                                    self.eval_expr(arg)?.bf_write(&mut input);
                                 }
                                 println!("input = {:?}", input);
                                 let mut output = vec![];
diff --git a/src/variables.rs b/src/variables.rs
index 0ef0e14e..a6abee9e 100644
--- a/src/variables.rs
+++ b/src/variables.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,63 @@ pub enum Value {
     Functio(Functio),
 }
 
+impl Value {
+    /// Writes an AbleScript value to a Brainfuck input stream. This
+    /// should generally only be called on `Write`rs that cannot fail,
+    /// e.g., `Vec<u8>`, because any IO errors will cause a panic.
+    ///
+    /// The mapping from values to encodings is as follows, where all
+    /// multi-byte integers are little-endian:
+    ///
+    /// | AbleScript representation | Brainfuck representation                                    |
+    /// |---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
+    /// | Nul                       | `00`                                                        |
+    /// | Str                       | `01` [length, 4 bytes] [string, \[LENGTH\] bytes, as UTF-8] |
+    /// | Int                       | `02` [value, 4 bytes]                                       |
+    /// | Bool                      | `03` `00` false, `03` `01` true.                            |
+    /// | Abool                     | `04` `00` never, `04` `01` always, `04` `02` sometimes.     |
+    /// | Brainfuck Functio         | `05` `00` [length, 4 bytes] [source code, \[LENGTH\] bytes] |
+    /// | AbleScript Functio        | `05` `01` (todo, not yet finalized or implemented)          |
+    ///
+    /// The existing mappings should never change, as they are
+    /// directly visible from Brainfuck code and modifying them would
+    /// break a significant amount of AbleScript code. If more types
+    /// are added in the future, they should be assigned the remaining
+    /// discriminant bytes from 06..FF.
+    pub fn bf_write(&mut self, stream: &mut impl Write) {
+        match self {
+            Value::Nul => stream.write_all(&[0]),
+            Value::Str(s) => stream
+                .write_all(&[1])
+                .and_then(|_| stream.write_all(&(s.len() as u32).to_le_bytes()))
+                .and_then(|_| stream.write_all(&s.as_bytes())),
+            Value::Int(v) => stream
+                .write_all(&[2])
+                .and_then(|_| stream.write_all(&v.to_le_bytes())),
+            Value::Bool(b) => stream
+                .write_all(&[3])
+                .and_then(|_| stream.write_all(&[*b as _])),
+            Value::Abool(a) => stream.write_all(&[4]).and_then(|_| {
+                stream.write_all(&[match *a {
+                    Abool::Never => 0,
+                    Abool::Sometimes => 2,
+                    Abool::Always => 1,
+                }])
+            }),
+            Value::Functio(f) => stream.write_all(&[5]).and_then(|_| match f {
+                Functio::BfFunctio(f) => stream
+                    .write_all(&[0])
+                    .and_then(|_| stream.write_all(&(f.len() as u32).to_le_bytes()))
+                    .and_then(|_| stream.write_all(&f)),
+                Functio::AbleFunctio(_) => {
+                    todo!()
+                }
+            }),
+        }
+        .expect("Failed to write to Brainfuck input");
+    }
+}
+
 impl Display for Value {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         match self {
@@ -119,70 +176,6 @@ impl From<Value> for bool {
     }
 }
 
-/// Allows writing AbleScript values to Brainfuck.
-///
-/// This trait is blanket implemented for all `Write`rs, but should
-/// typically only be used for `Write`rs that cannot fail, e.g.,
-/// `Vec<u8>`, because any IO errors will cause a panic.
-///
-/// The mapping from values to encodings is as follows, where all
-/// multi-byte integers are little-endian:
-///
-/// | AbleScript representation | Brainfuck representation                                  |
-/// |---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
-/// | Nul                       | 00                                                        |
-/// | Str                       | 01 [length, 4 bytes] [string, \[LENGTH\] bytes, as UTF-8] |
-/// | Int                       | 02 [value, 4 bytes]                                       |
-/// | Bool                      | 03 00 false, 03 01 true.                                  |
-/// | Abool                     | 04 00 never, 04 01 always, 04 02 sometimes.               |
-/// | Brainfuck Functio         | 05 00 [length, 4 bytes] [source code, \[LENGTH\] bytes]   |
-/// | AbleScript Functio        | 05 01 (todo, not yet finalized or implemented)            |
-///
-/// The existing mappings should never change, as they are directly
-/// visible from Brainfuck code and modifying them would break a
-/// significant amount of AbleScript code. If more types are added in
-/// the future, they should be assigned the remaining discriminant
-/// bytes from 06..FF.
-pub trait BfWriter {
-    /// Write a value. Panic if writing fails for any reason.
-    fn write_value(&mut self, value: &Value);
-}
-
-impl<T: Write> BfWriter for T {
-    fn write_value(&mut self, value: &Value) {
-        match value {
-            Value::Nul => self.write_all(&[0]),
-            Value::Str(s) => self
-                .write_all(&[1])
-                .and_then(|_| self.write_all(&(s.len() as u32).to_le_bytes()))
-                .and_then(|_| self.write_all(&s.as_bytes())),
-            Value::Int(v) => self
-                .write_all(&[2])
-                .and_then(|_| self.write_all(&v.to_le_bytes())),
-            Value::Bool(b) => self
-                .write_all(&[3])
-                .and_then(|_| self.write_all(&[*b as _])),
-            Value::Abool(a) => self.write_all(&[4]).and_then(|_| {
-                self.write_all(&[match *a {
-                    Abool::Never => 0,
-                    Abool::Sometimes => 2,
-                    Abool::Always => 1,
-                }])
-            }),
-            Value::Functio(f) => self.write_all(&[5]).and_then(|_| match f {
-                Functio::BfFunctio(f) => self
-                    .write_all(&[0])
-                    .and_then(|_| self.write_all(&(f.len() as u32).to_le_bytes()))
-                    .and_then(|_| self.write_all(&f)),
-                Functio::AbleFunctio(_) => {
-                    todo!()
-                }
-            }),
-        }
-        .expect("Failed to write to Brainfuck input");
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Variable {
     pub melo: bool,