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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. #£@%*/~~..
...~~/*%@£ £@%*/~~...
....~~/*%@ 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 £@%*/~~...
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.....~~/*% IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK %*/~~.....
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