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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     §=:«......
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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     &§=:«.....
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...«:=§&@#    SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT    #@&§=:«...
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...«:=§&@#  IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK #@&§=:«...
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