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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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.~~\*%¤### ... ~ \ ~ ... ###¤%*\~~.
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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 ####¤%*\~~
.~~\*%¤### OVER THE FENSE, HEADING SOUTH. ###¤%*\~~.
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