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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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#@¤=\«,...   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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