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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 #%†~,,,,,,
,~~†$%¤### ROADSIDE BUSHES. THEY WAIT THERE. ###¤%$†~~,
,~~†$%¤### ###¤%$†~~,
,,~~~†%%%# 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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