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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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