def METHOD_NAME(instr: str, *, center: bool = False, ask: Optional[str] = None) -> bytes:
    instr = instr.format(**_NAMES)
    s = instr.encode("ascii")
    s = s.replace(b"'", b"^")
    def padLine(line: bytes) -> bytes:
        return line + b' ' * (16 - len(line))
    if center:
        def padLine(line: bytes) -> bytes:
            padding = (16 - len(line))
            return b' ' * (padding // 2) + line + b' ' * (padding - padding // 2)
    result = b''
    for line in s.split(b'\n'):
        result_line = b''
        for word in line.split(b' '):
            if len(result_line) + 1 + len(word) > 16:
                result += padLine(result_line)
                result_line = b''
            elif result_line:
                result_line += b' '
            result_line += word
        if result_line:
            result += padLine(result_line)
    if ask is not None:
        askbytes = ask.encode("ascii")
        result = result.rstrip()
        while len(result) % 32 != 16:
            result += b' '
        return result + b'    ' + askbytes + b'\xfe'
    return result.rstrip() + b'\xff'