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,^«\§*#### A SECRET ROUNDABOUT: IN WHAT USED TO BE  ####*§\«^,
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,^«\§*####  SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL.  ####*§\«^,
,^«\§*####    SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY,    ####*§\«^,
,^«\§*####     ROADS LIKE SYMBOLS, ALIGNED WITH     ####*§\«^,
,,,««§**##  LEY LINES. DIALED IN WITH WELL-ROUNDED  ##**§««,,,
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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   ###*§§\«^,
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,^«\§*####  IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK ####*§\«^,
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