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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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