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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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.~\†%§####              ... . \ . ...               ####§%†\~.
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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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