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..:~/%$###  A SECRET ROUNDABOUT: IN WHAT USED TO BE ###$%/~:..
...:~/%$## BRAZIL OR CHINA. FENCED IN, SECLUDED BY  ##$%/~:...
....:~/%$#  SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL.  #$%/~:....
.....:~/%$    SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY,    $%/~:.....
......:~/%     ROADS LIKE SYMBOLS, ALIGNED WITH     %/~:......
.......:~/  LEY LINES. DIALED IN WITH WELL-ROUNDED  /~:.......
........:~             GPS COORDINATES.             ~:........
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..........    A DANGEROUS GAME: THE ROUNDABOUT IS   ..........
..........  IMPORTANT TO SOME LARGE CONSTELLATION   ..........
..........      OF INTENTS AND BUREAUCRACIES.       ..........
.......... GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES ARE CREATURES  ..........
..........     IN A WAY. YET PEOPLE SNEAK SMALL     ..........
..........   BETWEEN THEIR CLAWS, AND HIDE IN THE   ..........
..........     ROADSIDE BUSHES. THEY WAIT THERE.    ..........
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........:~    VEHICLES APPROACH; THE GAME IS ON -   ~:........
.......:~/   QUICKLY THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN WELL    /~:.......
......:~/%  PRACTICED GEOMETRIES. THEIR BODIES MAKE %/~:......
.....:~/%$  COUNTER-SPELLS ON THE ASPHALT. TRAFFIC  $%/~:.....
....:~/%$#   IS INSTANTLY DIVERTED, FLOWS IN SICK   #$%/~:....
...:~/%$##  WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS  ##$%/~:...
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..:~/%$### CARS ARE EJECTED INTO THE GREENS. SHIPS  ###$%/~:..
...:~/%$##     COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF     ##$%/~:...
....:~/%$#      CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE      #$%/~:....
.....:~/%$    SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT    $%/~:.....
......:~/%   SICKENS ME, THIS PHYSICAL REALITY OF   %/~:......
.......:~/ IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK  /~:.......
........:~      OVER THE FENSE, HEADING SOUTH.      ~:........
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