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..~-†%£###     things, something is happening.      ###£%†-~..
...~-†%£##     something between nothing and the    ##£%†-~...
....~-†%£#           collapse of reality.           #£%†-~....
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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 #£%†-~....
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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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