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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.           @¶¤&^†~:..
.:~†^&¤¶@#                                          #@¶¤&^†~:.
:~†^&¤¶@## 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. ~:........
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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...                 &^†~:.....
....:~†^&¤                                          ¤&^†~:....
...:~†^&¤¶ 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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