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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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....==*#@@ 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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...-=/=**@ 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 #@@#*=/=-.
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