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.~~=@@¶### BRAZIL OR CHINA. FENCED IN, SECLUDED BY ###¶@@=~~.
.~~=%@@@@¶ SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL. ¶@@@@%=~~.
.~~=%@@¶## SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY, ##¶@@%=~~.
.~~=%@@¶## ROADS LIKE SYMBOLS, ALIGNED WITH ##¶@@%=~~.
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.~~=%@@¶## 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 ##¶@@%=~~.
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.~~=%@@¶## PRACTICED GEOMETRIES. THEIR BODIES MAKE ##¶@@%=~~.
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.~~=%@@¶## WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS ##¶@@%=~~.
.~~=%@@### LOST. ###@@%=~~.
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.~~=%@@¶## COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF ##¶@@%=~~.
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.~~=%@@¶## SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT ##¶@@%=~~.
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