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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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&****~~,,,   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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