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.#.#...... can you feel  it? behind things,  inside #########.
####......      things, something is happening.     ........#.
...#......     something between nothing and the    .......###
..##.....#           collapse of reality.           ......#..#
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####...### the  objects  themselves do  not change. ....#.##.#
...#..#..# the physicality of  a person  stays  the ...###.##.
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###.##..## but  items   have   relations  with  one #.####..#.
..##.#.#.# another, and  here  is  the  revolution. ##...#.###
.#.#######    the relationships congregate, the     .#..###..#
###....... networks become meshes,  and they spread ##.#..#.##
..#....... out  like  heat nets  over  kale  farms. .###.###..
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#.#.....## things  become part  of  bigger  things. #.#.#.##..
###....#.. people  become  part  of  bigger actors. ######.#.#
..#...##.. often  too big to be  seen - but perhaps .....####.
.##..#.#.#                 felt...                  ....#...#.
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####...... lets walk backwards  trough the  sludge! ..#.#.#.##
...#...... what's an  animal? a collective of cells .#######..
..##.....#        with a single mind (kinda)        #......#..
.#.#....## what's  a cell?  actually in this  sense #.....##..
####...#.# it's a collective of  cells  and  lesser #....#.#..
...#..####  molecular machines ("proteins" et al)   #...####.#
..##.#...#            and other fragments           #..#...###
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###..#.#.. what's  a  molecule?  just  a  bunch  of ##.#.##.##
..#.####.# atoms bound (fey concept)  together by a .####.##..
.###...###          set of ineffable rules          #...##.#..
#..#..#..# what's  an  atom?  (things  are  getting #..#.###..
#.##.##.## alien  at  this  point)  well  basically #.###..#.#
##.##.##.#              it's an "orb"               ##..#.###.
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##.#####.# we're gonna lose  ourselves in it. maybe #.##..###.
.##....##. we    have    been   for   some   while. ##.#.#..##
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