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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. ##@§*%*~~.
.~~*%*§@## ##@§*%*~~.
.~~*%*§@## ... ~ * ~ ... ##@§*%*~~.
.~~*%*§@## ##@§*%*~~.
......~~%§ 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. #§**~~....
.~~*%*§@## ##@§*%*~~.
.~~~~~~%§@ 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. ##@§*%*~~.
.~~*%§@### ###@§%*~~.
.~~*%*§§§# 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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