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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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