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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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