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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. @@@**»:...
..:»**@@@# #@@@**»:..
.:»**@@@## 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. *»:.......
........:» »:........
.........: 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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