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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, #§¤^*~-...
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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 - ##§¤^*~-..
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..-~*^¤§## 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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