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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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,,,,,,,#,,  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  #,##,,,###
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,,,###,,,,  CARS ARE EJECTED INTO THE GREENS. SHIPS ,###,,#,##
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##,,,###,,      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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