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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                            §§.§§§§§§§
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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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