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.&.&.&..&. 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 &.&..&.&.&
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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 &.&.&&.&.&
.&.&.&..&. 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 &.&..&.&.&
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