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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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