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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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.~»;=§#@## 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 @@@#§=;»~.
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......~;§@ WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS @§;~......
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