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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 ~^........
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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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