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%=\~-,,,,, A SECRET ROUNDABOUT: IN WHAT USED TO BE ,,,,,-~\=%
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\~-,,,,,,, SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL. ,,,,,,,-~\
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##%=\~-,,, ROADSIDE BUSHES. THEY WAIT THERE. ,,,-~\=%##
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=\~-,,,,,, QUICKLY THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN WELL ,,,,,,-~\=
\~-,,,,,,, PRACTICED GEOMETRIES. THEIR BODIES MAKE ,,,,,,,-~\
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%=\~-,,,,, CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE ,,,,,-~\=%
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