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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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