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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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