while this is a bit hacky outside of the protocol namespace, it makes it much easier to use the protocol library for alternative purposes, such as for a client or MITM proxy.
It also removes all but one remaining core dependency of the protocol library, making it very close to being able to be separated from the server core entirely.
since a while ago, we're anyway just discarding the internal buffer anyway when the packet is repeatedly encoded, so this doesn't serve any advantage anymore.
We do need a system to be able to reuse encoded packet buffers, but right now we're not reusing them anyway.
