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......:~\* SECTION OF REALITY AND IMPLY ITS SIZE: *\~:......
.......:~\ PLACE A FLOCK OF BIRDS AT THE EDGE AND \~:.......
........:~ MAKE THEIR CALLS TESSELATE OVER THE ~:........
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.........: A SEAGULL CAN BE DEFINED BY AS LITTLE :.........
........:~ AS FIVE VERTICES; SIX TRIANGLES. (I ~:........
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