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...~=\%§@#      .  .===    = =#= =    ===.  .       #@§%\=~...
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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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....~=\%§@              ... ~ \ ~ ...               @§%\=~....
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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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