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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 ####@§*^»~
......»^§@ LOST. @§^»......
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....»»^^*@ CARS ARE EJECTED INTO THE GREENS. SHIPS @*^^»»....
.~»^**§§@@ COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF @@§§**^»~.
.~»^*§@### CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE ###@§*^»~.
.~»^*§@### SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT ###@§*^»~.
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.~»^*§@### IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK ###@§*^»~.
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