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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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