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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 ¤¤*;=.,,,,
,,,.=;*¤¤@ 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 *;=.,,,,,,
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