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##¶#$*†-^¨                                          ¨^-†*$#¶##
¶¶$$**†-^¨                                          ¨^-†**$$¶¶
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¶¶#$$*†-^¨                                     ¨    ¨^-†*$$#¶¶
##¶#$*†-^¨                                        ¨ ¨^-†*$#¶##
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¶##*††^^¨¨                                          ¨¨^^††*##¶
¶#$$**†-^¨ the seagull  is a  metaphysics  trick; a ¨^-†**$$#¶
###¶#$*†^¨ world-builder's  shortcut,  to  define a ¨^†*$#¶###
#*-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ section of reality  and  imply its size: ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-*#
#¶¶#$*†-^¨ place a flock  of  birds at the edge and ¨^-†*$#¶¶#
¶¶$$$*†-^¨ make  their  calls  tesselate  over  the ¨^-†*$$$¶¶
##¶#$*†-^¨ entire volume                            ¨^-†*$#¶##
#$$*----^¨                                          ¨^----*$$#
####$*†-^¨ a  seagull can be  defined by  as little ¨^-†*$####
#¶¶#$*†-^¨ as  five  vertices;  six  triangles.  (i ¨^-†*$#¶¶#
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###¶#$*†^¨ at least a dozen birds.)                 ¨^†*$#¶###
##¶#$*†-^¨                                          ¨^-†*$#¶##
¶#*††-^^¨¨                                          ¨¨^^-††*#¶
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##¶#$*†-^¨                                          ¨^-†*$#¶##