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###£%**«,, brazil or china. fenced in, secluded by  ,,«**%£###
#£#%*«««,,  special plants growing unusually tall.  ,,«««*%#£#
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#**«,,,,,,     roads like symbols, aligned with     ,,,,,,«**#
£%***,,,,,  ley lines. dialed in with well-rounded  ,,,,,***%£
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#*«,,,,,,,   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 -   ,,,,,**%££
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#%%**,,,,,  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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##£#%**«,,  cars are ejected into the greens. ships ,,«**%#£##
£#*««««,,,     collide. there are many kinds of     ,,,««««*#£
##£#%**«,,      casualties, on both sides. the      ,,«**%#£##
#*«,,,,,,,    spellmakers will not come home. it    ,,,,,,,«*#
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££%%*«««,, it, but the cause is just. i sneak back  ,,«««*%%££
##£#%**«,,      over the fense, heading south.      ,,«**%#£##
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