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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.             §¨¨§¨§§§§§
§¨§§§¨¨¨§§                                          §§¨§§§¨¨¨¨
§§§¨¨§¨¨§¨              ¨¨¨ ~ ^ ~ ¨¨¨               §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
§¨¨§¨§§¨§§                                          ¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨
§§¨§§§¨§§¨   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.      ¨§§¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§§§§¨§¨¨§                                          ¨§¨§§§§§¨§
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¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§§                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
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§¨§¨§§¨§§§                                          §§¨§§¨§¨§¨