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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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