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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 ##¤$*==^..
...^==*$¤# 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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