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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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#@#@$\«^,,   A DANGEROUS GAME: THE ROUNDABOUT IS    ,,^«\$@#@#
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#@#@$\«^,,       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.     ,,^«\$@#@#
##@#@$\«^,                                          ,^«\$@#@##
#@#@$\«^,,   VEHICLES APPROACH; THE GAME IS ON -    ,,^«\$@#@#
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#@#@$\«^,, PRACTICED GEOMETRIES. THEIR BODIES MAKE  ,,^«\$@#@#
##@#@$\«^,  COUNTER-SPELLS ON THE ASPHALT. TRAFFIC  ,^«\$@#@##
#@#@$\«^,,   IS INSTANTLY DIVERTED, FLOWS IN SICK   ,,^«\$@#@#
##@#@$\«^,  WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS  ,^«\$@#@##
#@#@$\«^,,                   LOST.                  ,,^«\$@#@#
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#@#@$\«^,,      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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