*/~....... .......~/*
%*/~...... ......~/*%
@%*/~..... .....~/*%@
@@%*/~.... ....~/*%@@
#@@%*/~... ...~/*%@@#
##@@%*/~.. . ..~/*%@@##
#@@%*/~... . ...~/*%@@#
@@%*/~.... . .. ....~/*%@@
@%*/~..... GULL CALL. . . . .....~/*%@
%*/~...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ......~/*%
*/~....... .......~/*
/~........ THE SEAGULL IS A METAPHYSICS TRICK; A ........~/
~......... WORLD-BUILDER'S SHORTCUT, TO DEFINE A .........~
.......... SECTION OF REALITY AND IMPLY ITS SIZE: ..........
.......... PLACE A FLOCK OF BIRDS AT THE EDGE AND ..........
.......... MAKE THEIR CALLS TESSELATE OVER THE ..........
.......... ENTIRE VOLUME ..........
.......... ..........
.......... A SEAGULL CAN BE DEFINED BY AS LITTLE ..........
.......... AS FIVE VERTICES; SIX TRIANGLES. (I ..........
.......... WOULD RECOMMEND HANDLING IN SWARMS OF ..........
.......... AT LEAST A DOZEN BIRDS.) ..........
.......... ..........
.......... ..........
~......... .........~
/~........ ........~/
*/~....... .......~/*