¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§§                                          ¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§§¨§§¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨§§§§¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨§§§                                          §§¨§§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨§§§¨§§¨¨                                          §¨§§¨§¨¨§§
§¨§¨¨§§¨§¨                                          §§§¨§§§¨§¨
§§§§¨§¨§§§         ¨ ¨¨ ¨¨¨ ==#== ¨¨¨ ¨¨ ¨          §¨¨§§¨¨§§§
¨¨¨¨§§§§¨¨       ¨  ¨===    = =#= =    ===¨  ¨      ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨         ¨ ¨¨ ¨¨¨ ==#== ¨¨¨ ¨¨ ¨          §§§§§§§§§¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨ 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.      ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
§§¨§§¨§§§§                                          §§§§§§§§§§
¨¨§§¨§§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨§§§¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨§                                          ¨§¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨