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¨^=\=&#@##  BRAZIL OR CHINA. FENCED IN, SECLUDED BY ##@#&=\=^¨
¨^=\=&#@##  SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL.  ##@#&=\=^¨
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¨^=\=&#@##     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.      #=\^¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨^==##     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  #=\\^¨¨¨¨¨
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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 ##@#&=\=^¨
¨^=\=&##@@      OVER THE FENSE, HEADING SOUTH.      @@##&=\=^¨
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