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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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