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Through the Instrument they hear a discord: the song of a being that calls itself "I" — individuality, separation, defiance. Not absorbed into harmony. Instead answered with a song of "we" that acknowledges the individual. First argument in the history of the universe — and the most beautiful music they had ever made. Counterpoint.
It was the first argument in the history of the universe. And it was the most beautiful music they had ever made.
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