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#@%=~.¨¨¨¨ 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.)                 ¨¨¨.~=%@#@
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~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~