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«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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