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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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...~~††¤@#    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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