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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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