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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  §%=^......
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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  @@£§%==«^.
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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 £%==^.....
....^««=§§      over the fense, heading south.      §§=««^....
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