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¨§§§§§¨¨§¨       ¨  ¨~~~    ~ ~#~ ~    ~~~¨  ¨      ¨§¨§§§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨          ¨ ¨¨ ¨¨¨ ~~#~~ ¨¨¨ ¨¨ ¨         §§§¨¨¨§¨§§
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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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¨§§§¨§¨¨¨§              ¨¨¨ - / - ¨¨¨               ¨¨¨¨§§¨§§¨
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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.    §¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨§§¨¨§§¨§§                                          §¨§§¨¨¨§§¨
§¨§¨§¨§§¨§   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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