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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                            ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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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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