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.~-^%%§###             #...--------...#             ###§%%^-~.
.~-^%%####        ####.-- 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.                  ###§%%^-~.
.~-^%%####                                          ####%%^-~.
.~-^%%§### 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"              ##%%^^^-~.
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.......-%§                  #.---.#                 §%-.......
.~-^%%§###                 ###.###                  ###§%%^-~.
.~-^%%§###                 #.---.#                  ###§%%^-~.
.~-^%%####                                          ####%%^-~.
.~-^%%§§## we're  gonna lose ourselves in it. maybe ##§§%%^-~.
.~-^%%§### we   have    been   for    some   while. ###§%%^-~.
.....~~^%§                                          §%^~~.....
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.~--^%%§##                                          ##§%%^--~.