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§.....§.§§ 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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