.,-:*$¤@@# #@@¤$*:-,.
.,-:*$¤@@# #@@¤$*:-,.
.,:*$¤@@## ##@@¤$*:,.
.,-:*$¤@@@ @@@¤$*:-,.
.,-:*$¤¤¤@ @¤¤¤$*:-,.
.,-:*$¤@@@ #...--------...# @@@¤$*:-,.
.,-:*$¤@@# ####.-- omega point --.#### #@@¤$*:-,.
.,-:*$¤@@# #...--------...# #@@¤$*:-,.
.,-:*$¤@@@ @@@¤$*:-,.
...,--*$@@ can you feel it? behind things, inside @@$*--,...
.,-:*$¤@@# things, something is happening. #@@¤$*:-,.
..,---:$¤@ something between nothing and the @¤$:---,..
.,-:*$¤@@@ collapse of reality. @@@¤$*:-,.
....--:$¤@ @¤$:--....
.,-:*$¤@## the objects themselves do not change. ##@¤$*:-,.
.,-:*$¤@@@ the physicality of a person stays the @@@¤$*:-,.
.,-:*$¤@@# same. #@@¤$*:-,.
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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 ¤¤*--.....
.,-:*$¤@@@ out like heat nets over kale farms. @@@¤$*:-,.
......,:$@ @$:,......
.,-:*$¤@@# things become part of bigger things. #@@¤$*:-,.
...-::$$@@ people become part of bigger actors. @@$$::-...
.,-:*$¤@@# often too big to be seen - but perhaps #@@¤$*:-,.
......,-*¤ felt... ¤*-,......
.,-:*$¤@@@ @@@¤$*:-,.
.,-:*$¤@@# lets walk backwards trough the sludge! #@@¤$*:-,.
.,-:*$¤¤¤@ what's an animal? a collective of cells @¤¤¤$*:-,.
.....-*$@@ with a single mind (kinda) @@$*-.....
...,:***¤¤ what's a cell? actually in this sense ¤¤***:,...
.,-:*$¤@@# it's a collective of cells and lesser #@@¤$*:-,.
.,-:$¤@@## molecular machines ("proteins" et al) ##@@¤$:-,.
....-::$@@ and other fragments @@$::-....
.....,-*¤@ @¤*-,.....
....,-*$$¤ what's a molecule? just a bunch of ¤$$*-,....
.,-:*$¤@@@ atoms bound (fey concept) together by a @@@¤$*:-,.
....,:$¤¤@ set of ineffable rules @¤¤$:,....
.,-:*$¤@@@ what's an atom? (things are getting @@@¤$*:-,.
.,-:*$¤@@# alien at this point) well basically #@@¤$*:-,.
.,--:::*¤@ it's an "orb" @¤*:::--,.
....-:*$$@ @$$*:-....
.,-:*$¤@@@ #.---.# @@@¤$*:-,.
.,-:**$$@@ ###.### @@$$**:-,.
.,-:*$¤@@# #.---.# #@@¤$*:-,.
.,-:*$¤@@# #@@¤$*:-,.
.,-:*$¤@@@ we're gonna lose ourselves in it. maybe @@@¤$*:-,.
.,-:*$¤¤¤@ we have been for some while. @¤¤¤$*:-,.
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.....,,:$¤ ¤$:,,.....
...----*$@ @$*----...
.,-:*$¤@@# #@@¤$*:-,.
....,:::*¤ ¤*:::,....