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*--¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ gull call.                    ¨      ¨ - ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨--*
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ the  seagull is a metaphysics  trick;  a ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ world-builder's  shortcut, to  define  a ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ section  of reality and imply its  size: ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ place a flock  of birds at  the edge and ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ make  their  calls  tesselate  over  the ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ entire volume                            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ a seagull can  be defined by  as  little ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-
--¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ as  five  vertices;  six  triangles.  (i ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨--
*--¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ would recommend  handling in  swarms  of ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨--*
=*--¨¨¨¨¨¨ at least a dozen birds.)                 ¨¨¨¨¨¨--*=
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