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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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