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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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###§@=/«,¨               ¨¨¨ , / , ¨¨¨              ¨,«/=@§###
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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  ¨¨¨,/==§##
###§@=/«,¨                  LOST.                   ¨,«/=@§###
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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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