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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, #@@@&†*~..
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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 @@††††*~..
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.....***†@ IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK @†***.....
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