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$†\«:¨¨¨¨¨ gull call.                    ¨      ¨ : ¨¨¨¨¨:«\†$
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##$†\«:¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨:«\†$##
###$†\«:¨¨ the  seagull is a  metaphysics  trick; a ¨¨:«\†$###
####$†\«:¨ world-builder's shortcut,  to  define  a ¨:«\†$####
#####$†\«: section  of reality and imply its  size: :«\†$#####
####$†\«:¨ place  a  flock of birds at the edge and ¨:«\†$####
###$†\«:¨¨ make  their  calls  tesselate  over  the ¨¨:«\†$###
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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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