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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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&&&&,,&&,&               ,,, ^ ; ^ ,,,              ,&&,,&,&&,
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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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