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#.##..###. can you  feel it? behind things,  inside .###....##
.##.#.#..#     things, something is happening.      ##..#...#.
.#.#####.#     something between nothing and the    #.#.##..##
####....##           collapse of reality.           #####.#.#.
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.#..##..## the objects  themselves  do not  change. #....#....
.##.#.#.#. the physicality  of a  person  stays the .#...##...
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.#..#..... but  items  have   relations   with  one #.####...#
###.##.... another, and  here  is  the  revolution. ###...#..#
...##.#...    the relationships congregate, the     ...#..##.#
#..#.###.. networks become meshes, and they  spread #..##.#.##
.#.###..#. out  like  heat  nets  over kale  farms. ##.#.####.
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##..#.###. things  become  part of  bigger  things. ..#...#..#
..#.###..# people  become part  of  bigger  actors. ..##..##.#
#.###..#.# often too big to  be seen -  but perhaps ..#.#.#.##
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######..#. lets walk backwards  trough the  sludge! #.##.....#
......#.## what's an animal? a collective of  cells .##.#....#
#.....###.        with a single mind (kinda)        .#.###...#
.#....#..# what's a  cell?  actually in this  sense .###..#..#
###...##.# it's  a  collective of cells  and lesser ##..#.##.#
...#..#.##   molecular machines ("proteins" et al)  #.#.###.##
#..##.###.            and other fragments           .####..##.
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..####.#.# what's  a  molecule?  just  a  bunch  of .##..#####
#.#...#### atoms  bound (fey concept) together by a ##.#.#....
####..#...          set of ineffable rules          #.#####...
#...#.##.. what's  an  atom?  (things  are  getting ###....#..
##..###.#. alien  at  this  point)  well  basically #..#...##.
#.#.#..###              it's an "orb"               .#.##..#.#
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....#####. we're gonna lose ourselves in  it. maybe #...######
#...#....# we   have   been    for   some    while. .#..#.....
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