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,,,,,.~:%£                                        , £%:~.,,,,,
,,,,.~:%£#                                    , .,  #£%:~.,,,,
,,,.~:%£#@ gull call.                    ,      , . @#£%:~.,,,
,,.~:%£#@# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #@#£%:~.,,
,.~:%£#@##                                          ##@#£%:~.,
,,.~:%£#@# 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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