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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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@†===^....   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  ...«««†@@#
###@¤†=«^.                  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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