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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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..^-^$*§##   A DANGEROUS GAME: THE ROUNDABOUT IS    ##§*$^-^..
.^-^$*§###   IMPORTANT TO SOME LARGE CONSTELLATION  ###§*$^-^.
..^-^$*§##       OF INTENTS AND BUREAUCRACIES.      ##§*$^-^..
...^-^$*§# GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES ARE CREATURES  #§*$^-^...
..^-^$*§##     IN A WAY. YET PEOPLE SNEAK SMALL     ##§*$^-^..
.^-^$*§###   BETWEEN THEIR CLAWS, AND HIDE IN THE   ###§*$^-^.
..^-^$*§##     ROADSIDE BUSHES. THEY WAIT THERE.    ##§*$^-^..
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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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..^-^$*§##  CARS ARE EJECTED INTO THE GREENS. SHIPS ##§*$^-^..
.^-^$*§###     COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF     ###§*$^-^.
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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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