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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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####&†;=~¨  IMPORTANT TO SOME LARGE CONSTELLATION   ¨~=;†&####
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#@##&†;=~¨                                          ¨~=;†&##@#
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#@##&†;=~¨    QUICKLY THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN WELL   ¨~=;†&##@#
#@##&†;=~¨  PRACTICED GEOMETRIES. THEIR BODIES MAKE ¨~=;†&##@#
#@##&†;=~¨  COUNTER-SPELLS ON THE ASPHALT. TRAFFIC  ¨~=;†&##@#
#&&†;==~¨¨   IS INSTANTLY DIVERTED, FLOWS IN SICK   ¨¨~==;†&&#
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#@##&†;=~¨                   LOST.                  ¨~=;†&##@#
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#&;;;~~¨¨¨      CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE      ¨¨¨~~;;;&#
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