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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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