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....:-†*£@ a secret roundabout: in what used to be  @£*†-:....
...:-†*£@# brazil or china. fenced in, secluded by  #@£*†-:...
..:-†*£@##  special plants growing unusually tall.  ##@£*†-:..
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..:-†*£@##     roads like symbols, aligned with     ##@£*†-:..
...:-†*£@#  ley lines. dialed in with well-rounded  #@£*†-:...
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.....:-†*£  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     ###@£*†-:.
..:-†*£@##      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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