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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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