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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 ¶¶¶@**†~,.
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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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.,~†**¶@## COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF ##@¶**†~,.
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.,~†**@¶@# SICKENS ME, THIS PHYSICAL REALITY OF #@¶@**†~,.
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.,~†**@¶## OVER THE FENSE, HEADING SOUTH. ##¶@**†~,.
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