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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 ;~~.......
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.~~;†&@£## 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 £@&†;~~...
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