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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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