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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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