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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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