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-=\^$@#@## BRAZIL OR CHINA. FENCED IN, SECLUDED BY ##@#@$^\=-
.-=\^^^$@# SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL. #@$^^^\=-.
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.-=\^$@#@# LEY LINES. DIALED IN WITH WELL-ROUNDED #@#@$^\=-.
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.-=\^$@#@@ IMPORTANT TO SOME LARGE CONSTELLATION @@#@$^\=-.
...-\\\$$@ OF INTENTS AND BUREAUCRACIES. @$$\\\-...
......-=^@ GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES ARE CREATURES @^=-......
.-=\^$@#@@ IN A WAY. YET PEOPLE SNEAK SMALL @@#@$^\=-.
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.-=\^$@#@@ ROADSIDE BUSHES. THEY WAIT THERE. @@#@$^\=-.
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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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.-=\^$@#@@ IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK @@#@$^\=-.
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