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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. ¨¨,~\%*@##
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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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