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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 ....§.§.§.
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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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