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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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##%%=~.,,,   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  ,,.~=%%###
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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 ,,.~=%%###
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