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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                     ¨    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                        ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                    ¨ .¨  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ gull call.                    ¨      ¨ . ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.
~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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^~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~^
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