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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.     @¶&†=«:¨¨¨
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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  ¶&†=«:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:«=†&¶@                  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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