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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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