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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  ,-«/%*####
###*%/«-,,     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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