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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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.:~†=%&#@#              ... : † : ...               #@#&%=†~:.
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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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