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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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