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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  ..-«^†%@##
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##@%†^«-..    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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