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@%/~,.....                                          .....,~/%@
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##%***/~,.             #...~~~~~~~~...#             .,~/***%##
###@%*/~,.       ####.~~ omega point ~~.####        .,~/*%@###
###@%*/~,.             #...~~~~~~~~...#             .,~/*%@###
###@%*/~,.                                          .,~/*%@###
###@%*/~,. can you  feel it? behind things,  inside .,~/*%@###
###@%*/~,.     things, something is happening.      .,~/*%@###
#@%*/,,...     something between nothing and the    ...,,/*%@#
#%%*~~,...           collapse of reality.           ...,~~*%%#
@*//~~,...                                          ...,~~//*@
###@%*/~,. the  objects themselves  do not  change. .,~/*%@###
###@%*/~,. the physicality  of  a  person stays the .,~/*%@###
@*~~~,....                  same.                   ....,~~~*@
@@%%//~,,.                                          .,,~//%%@@
###@%*/~,. 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. ....,/%%@#
###@%*/~,.                                          .,~/*%@###
###@%*/~,. things  become  part of  bigger  things. .,~/*%@###
#@@@%*/~,. people  become  part  of bigger  actors. .,~/*%@@@#
@*/~,..... often  too big to  be seen - but perhaps .....,~/*@
####@%*~,.                  felt...                 .,~*%@####
###@%*/~,.                                          .,~/*%@###
@%****/~,. 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            .,~/*%@###
####%*/~,.                                          .,~/*%####
###@%*/~,. 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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##%/,.....                  #.~~~.#                 .....,/%##
#@%%/~~~,.                  ###.###                 .,~~~/%%@#
###@%*/~,.                 #.~~~.#                  .,~/*%@###
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##@*/~~~,. we're gonna lose ourselves  in it. maybe .,~~~/*@##
###@%*/~,. we    have   been    for   some   while. .,~/*%@###
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