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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  ###@%^:~.,
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,.~:^%@###      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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