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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  ¨¨^~\$%###
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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   ¨^~\$%####
###%$\~^¨¨  WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS  ¨¨^~\$%###
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#%$\~^¨¨¨¨     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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