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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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