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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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