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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, #§*:-:....
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......:-:* 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 #§*:-:....
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........:- 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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