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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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.-;%%@#@## ... - ; - ... ##@#@%%;-.
.-«;%%@#@# #@#@%%;«-.
.-«;%%@### 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. #@#@%%;«-.
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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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