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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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..~;%&§@## ... . ; . ... ##@§&%;~..
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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 ##@§&%;~..
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..~;%&§@## 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. ##@§&%;~..
..~;%&§@## ##@§&%;~..
..~;%&§@## 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 ##@§&%;~..
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