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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  ,,,,,==††@
#@#@§†*=,,      OVER THE FENSE, HEADING SOUTH.      ,,=*†§@#@#
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