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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 &.&...&&.&
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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 &.&&.&&&.&
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&&...&.&.& WE HAVE BEEN FOR SOME WHILE. &&.....&&&
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