.mechsay is not working and is failing to parse the data. "Backticks found where operator expected at..."

[SaphirePhenux]

command
.mechsay "BIG STOMPY ROBOTS"
output

Backticks found where operator expected at /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow line 10, near "^__^                             /   /'|  `"
    (Missing semicolon on previous line?)
Backslash found where operator expected at /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow line 11, near ")\"
    (Missing operator before \?)
Backticks found where operator expected at /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow line 12, at end of line
    (Missing semicolon on previous line?)
cowsay: Can't find string terminator "`" anywhere before EOF at /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow line 12, <STDIN> line 1.

command
.mech BIG STOMPY ROBOTS
output

Backticks found where operator expected at /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow line 10, near "^__^                             /   /'|  `"
    (Missing semicolon on previous line?)
Backslash found where operator expected at /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow line 11, near ")\"
    (Missing operator before \?)
Backticks found where operator expected at /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow line 12, at end of line
    (Missing semicolon on previous line?)
cowsay: Can't find string terminator "`" anywhere before EOF at /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow line 12, <STDIN> line 1.

command
.mech "BIG STOMPY ROBOTS"
output

Backticks found where operator expected at /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow line 10, near "^__^                             /   /'|  `"
    (Missing semicolon on previous line?)
Backslash found where operator expected at /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow line 11, near ")\"
    (Missing operator before \?)
Backticks found where operator expected at /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow line 12, at end of line
    (Missing semicolon on previous line?)
cowsay: Can't find string terminator "`" anywhere before EOF at /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow line 12, <STDIN> line 1.

command
.mechsay BIG STOMPY ROBOTS
output

Backticks found where operator expected at /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow line 10, near "^__^                             /   /'|  `"
    (Missing semicolon on previous line?)
Backslash found where operator expected at /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow line 11, near ")\"
    (Missing operator before \?)
Backticks found where operator expected at /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow line 12, at end of line
    (Missing semicolon on previous line?)
cowsay: Can't find string terminator "`" anywhere before EOF at /usr/share/cowsay/cows/mech-and-cow line 12, <STDIN> line 1.

[SaphirePhenux]

I'm running on US Mountain time, so the issue has been happening at least since today (Oct. 13th) starting at 9:06 AM US MST (GMT -7).