@@†-~..... .....~-†@@
@†-~...... ......~-†@
†-~....... .......~-†
@†-~...... ......~-†@
@@†-~..... .....~-†@@
@@@†-~.... . .. ... --#-- ... .. . ....~-†@@@
#@@@†-~... . .--- - -#- - ---. . ...~-†@@@#
##@@@†-~.. . .. ... --#-- ... .. . ..~-†@@@##
###@@@†-~. .~-†@@@###
##@@@†-~.. 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. ......~-†@
@@†-~..... .....~-†@@
@@@†-~.... ... ~ † ~ ... ....~-†@@@
#@@@†-~... ...~-†@@@#
##@@@†-~.. 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. ......~-†@
†-~....... .......~-†
@†-~...... 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. ..~-†@@@##
#@@@†-~... ...~-†@@@#
@@@†-~.... 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. ....~-†@@@
#@@@†-~... ...~-†@@@#
##@@@†-~.. ..~-†@@@##
###@@@†-~. .~-†@@@###
##@@@†-~.. ..~-†@@@##
#@@@†-~... ...~-†@@@#