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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 ##¤&%\~:..
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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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.......... 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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