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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.           &,&,,,,&,&
,&,,&&&,&,                                          &&&,,,&&&,
&&,&,,&&&, 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 &,,&,&,&&,
&,&,&,,&&,                 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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