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........,~ 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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.......... 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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