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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. #@§§†~....
.-~†%§@@## ##@@§%†~-.
.-~†%§@@## ... - † - ... ##@@§%†~-.
.-~†%§@@## ##@@§%†~-.
.....-†§§@ 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. @§†-......
....--†%@# #@%†--....
......~%@@ 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. #@@@§%†~-.
......~%@@ @@%~......
.-~†%§@### 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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