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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                            ###¤*^†~.¨
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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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