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##¶#&^;«,¨  A SECRET ROUNDABOUT: IN WHAT USED TO BE ¨,«;^&#¶##
##¶#&^;«,¨  BRAZIL OR CHINA. FENCED IN, SECLUDED BY ¨,«;^&#¶##
#¶&;;,¨¨¨¨  SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL.  ¨¨¨¨,;;&¶#
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##¶#&^;«,¨     ROADS LIKE SYMBOLS, ALIGNED WITH     ¨,«;^&#¶##
##¶#&^;«,¨  LEY LINES. DIALED IN WITH WELL-ROUNDED  ¨,«;^&#¶##
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#¶¶#&^;«,¨  IMPORTANT TO SOME LARGE CONSTELLATION   ¨,«;^&#¶¶#
#&&;«,¨¨¨¨      OF INTENTS AND BUREAUCRACIES.       ¨¨¨¨,«;&&#
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#¶¶#&^;«,¨     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    ¨,«;^&####
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##¶#&^;«,¨  IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK ¨,«;^&#¶##
##¶#&^;«,¨      OVER THE FENSE, HEADING SOUTH.      ¨,«;^&#¶##
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