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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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