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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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@@$$**«~,, CARS ARE EJECTED INTO THE GREENS. SHIPS  ,,~«**$$@@
###@$%*«~,     COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF     ,~«*%$@###
####@$*«~,      CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE      ,~«*$@####
###@$%*«~,    SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT    ,~«*%$@###
##@@$%*«~,   SICKENS ME, THIS PHYSICAL REALITY OF   ,~«*%$@@##
@@$%*««,,, IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK  ,,,««*%$@@
###@$%*«~,      OVER THE FENSE, HEADING SOUTH.      ,~«*%$@###
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