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##@¤¤%*«,¨ 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 ¨,«*%¤¤@@#
@¤¤%*,¨¨¨¨ over the fense, heading south. ¨¨¨¨,*%¤¤@
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