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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                            ##@&*†:«:,
,,:«:†*&@#                                          #@&*†:«:,,
,,,:«:†*&@ 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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,,:«:†*&@#                                          #@&*†:«:,,
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,,:«:†*&@#                                          #@&*†:«:,,
,,,:«:†*&@                                          @&*†:«:,,,