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,,,,,,,,,,        ####,~~ OMEGA POINT ~~,####       ,,,,,,,,,,
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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 ,,,,~*%§@@
#@@§%*~,,,                   SAME.                  ,,,~*%§@@#
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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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