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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  ####§%\~,,
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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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