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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 ,,,,~~\*%§
@§%*\~~,,, 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 ,,,,~~\*%§
%*\~~,,,,, SICKENS ME, THIS PHYSICAL REALITY OF ,,,,,~~\*%
*\~~,,,,,, IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK ,,,,,,~~\*
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