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