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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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