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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  @@=†«:....
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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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