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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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