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###¤*%*«,, A SECRET ROUNDABOUT: IN WHAT USED TO BE  ,,«*%*¤###
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###¤*%*«,,  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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###¤*%*«,,  CARS ARE EJECTED INTO THE GREENS. SHIPS ,,«*%*¤###
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###¤*%*«,,      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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