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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.             @¶#@§†=-,,
,-=†§@#¶@#                                          #@¶#@§†=-,
,,-=†§@#¶@              ,,, - † - ,,,               @¶#@§†=-,,
,,,-=†§@#¶                                          ¶#@§†=-,,,
,,-=†§@#¶@    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.                  @¶#@§†=-,,
,,,-=†§@#¶                                          ¶#@§†=-,,,
,,-=†§@#¶@ 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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