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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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