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¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/% gull call.                    ¨      ¨ ^ %/~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~/%$ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $%/~^¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨^~/%$#@ 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                            #$%/~^¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨^~/% 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.)                 /~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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