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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                            ¨¨¨~«\*@@@
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##@@@*\«~¨ 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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