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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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