§§§¨§¨¨§§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
¨¨§§§¨§¨§¨                                          §§¨§§¨¨¨§¨
¨§¨¨§§§§§¨                                          ¨§§¨§¨¨§§¨
§§¨§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨§§§¨§¨§¨
¨§§§¨¨¨§§¨                                          §§¨¨§§§§§§
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§¨§§¨§§§¨¨                                        ¨ §§§§¨¨¨¨§¨
§§¨§§¨¨§¨¨                                    ¨ ^¨  ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§§
¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨ gull call.                    ¨      ¨ ^ ¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
§¨§§§§¨§¨§ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¨§¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§§¨¨¨§§§§§                                          §§§§§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ 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                            ¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§§
§§§¨¨§§§§§                                          ¨§§§§¨¨§¨§
¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨¨ 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.)                 §§§¨§§§¨§§
§¨§¨§¨¨§§¨                                          ¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨
§§§§§¨§¨§§                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨¨¨¨§§§§¨§                                          §§§§§§§§§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨