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.&&..&.&.& SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL. .&&.&.&&.&
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..&.&&.&.& IMPORTANT TO SOME LARGE CONSTELLATION ..&.&..&.&
.&&..&.&.& OF INTENTS AND BUREAUCRACIES. .&&.&.&&.&
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.&&..&.&.& 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 ..&.&..&.&
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..&.&&.&.& WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS ..&.&..&.&
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..&.&&.&.& COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF ..&.&..&.&
.&&..&.&.& CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE .&&.&.&&.&
..&.&&.&.& SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT ..&.&..&.&
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..&.&&.&.& IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK ..&.&..&.&
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