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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. ###¤%%:~,,
,,~:%%¤### ###¤%%:~,,
,,,,,,~%%# 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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