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[Speech-alone words are birds in flight.

Paul searched for words in a language that was changing, like a flock of birds at the change of season.

Every bird veiled its own history. Every bird differed from every other bird.

The entire flock flew differently, each bird in its own way.

Paul spied one set of differences, ‘flesh as opposed to spirit’.

He seized upon it, freezing the moment, as well as each bird’s veiled history.]