,^-**#@### ###@#**-^,
,,^-**#@## ##@#**-^,,
,,,^-**#@# #@#**-^,,,
,,,,^-**#@ @#**-^,,,,
,,,^-**#@# #@#**-^,,,
,,^-**#@## , ,, ,,, --#-- ,,, ,, , ##@#**-^,,
,^-**#@### , ,--- - -#- - ---, , ###@#**-^,
,,^-**#@## , ,, ,,, --#-- ,,, ,, , ##@#**-^,,
,,,^-**#@# #@#**-^,,,
,,,,^-**#@ 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. @#**-^,,,,
,,,^-**#@# #@#**-^,,,
,,^-**#@## ,,, ^ * ^ ,,, ##@#**-^,,
,^-**#@### ###@#**-^,
,,^-**#@## 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. ##@#**-^,,
,,,^-**#@# #@#**-^,,,
,,,,^-**#@ 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. @#**-^,,,,
,,,^-**#@# #@#**-^,,,
,,^-**#@## 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. ##@#**-^,,
,^-**#@### ###@#**-^,
,,^-**#@## ##@#**-^,,
,,,^-**#@# #@#**-^,,,
,,,,^-**#@ @#**-^,,,,
,,,^-**#@# #@#**-^,,,