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,,,,.~^=@¤ GULL CALL.                    ,      , . ¤@=^~.,,,,
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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                            =^~.,,,,,,
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,,,,.~^=@¤ A SEAGULL  CAN BE  DEFINED BY  AS LITTLE ¤@=^~.,,,,
,,,.~^=@¤# AS  FIVE  VERTICES;  SIX  TRIANGLES.  (I #¤@=^~.,,,
,,.~^=@¤## WOULD  RECOMMEND  HANDLING IN  SWARMS OF ##¤@=^~.,,
,.~^=@¤### AT LEAST A DOZEN BIRDS.)                 ###¤@=^~.,
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