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@@@@^^^~~¨ BRAZIL OR CHINA. FENCED IN, SECLUDED BY ¨~~^^^@@@@
#@@@@^^~~¨ SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL. ¨~~^^@@@@#
#@@@@^^~~¨ SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY, ¨~~^^@@@@#
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@@@@@^^~~¨ LEY LINES. DIALED IN WITH WELL-ROUNDED ¨~~^^@@@@@
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#@@@@^^~~¨ 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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#@@@@^^~~¨ COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF ¨~~^^@@@@#
#@@@@^^~~¨ CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE ¨~~^^@@@@#
#@@@@^^~~¨ SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT ¨~~^^@@@@#
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@@@@@^^~~¨ IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK ¨~~^^@@@@@
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