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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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