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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 .&.&.&.&.&
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&.&.&..&.& 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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