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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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