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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.    /~,.......
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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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...,~/†*&£ 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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