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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.             ##@#%*\«,,
,,,«\*%#@#                                          #@#%*\«,,,
,,,,«\*%#@              ,,, , \ , ,,,               @#%*\«,,,,
,,,«\*%#@#                                          #@#%*\«,,,
,,«\*%#@##    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.                  @#%*\«,,,,
,,,«\*%#@#                                          #@#%*\«,,,
,,«\*%#@##  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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