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,&,&&&,,,,       ####,~~ OMEGA POINT ~~,####        ,&,,&&,&&&
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&&,,&&&,&, CAN YOU  FEEL IT?  BEHIND THINGS, INSIDE ,&&&,,,&&&
,,&,&,,&&&      THINGS, SOMETHING IS HAPPENING.     &&,,&,,&,,
,,&&&&,&,,     SOMETHING BETWEEN NOTHING AND THE    ,,&,&&,&&,
,,&,,,&&&,           COLLAPSE OF REALITY.           ,,&&&,&&,&
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,&&,&,&&,& 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. &,&&,&,&&&
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,&,&,,&,,& THINGS  BECOME  PART OF  BIGGER  THINGS. &,,&&,,,&,
,&&&&,&&,& PEOPLE  BECOME  PART  OF BIGGER  ACTORS. &&,&,&,,&&
&&,,,&&,&& OFTEN TOO  BIG TO BE SEEN - BUT  PERHAPS ,,&&&&&,&,
&,&,,&,&&,                  FELT...                 ,,&,,,,&&&
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,&,,&&,,&& 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            ,,,,&&,,&&
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&&&,&,&,&, 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"              ,&,,&,,,&,
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,,&&,,,,,, WE'RE GONNA LOSE OURSELVES IN IT.  MAYBE &,&&&,&&,,
,,&,&,,,,, WE    HAVE   BEEN   FOR    SOME   WHILE. ,&&,,&&,&,
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