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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.     #@&¤%/«~..
...~«/%¤&@                                          @&¤%/«~...
....~«/%¤&   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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