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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  #@&&%††«~.
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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  ###@§&%†~.
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.~«†%&§@##    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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