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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 ~~........
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...~~†%@¶# 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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...~~†%@¶# SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT #¶@%†~~...
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.~~†%@¶### IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK ###¶@%†~~.
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