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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,    ¶¶§†/:¨¨¨¨
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¨:«/†§####             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.                  ##¶#§†/«:¨
¨:«/†§#¶¶¶                                          ¶¶¶#§†/«:¨
¨¨¨¨:«†††#  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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