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#@¤*:~~¨¨¨ 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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#@¤*:~~¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨~~:*¤@#
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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 ¨¨¨~~:*¤@#
##@¤*:~~¨¨ OVER THE FENSE, HEADING SOUTH. ¨¨~~:*¤@##
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