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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.    §§§§¨¨¨§¨§
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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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