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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. #@@^^~....
~-^^@#@### ###@#@^^-~
.~-^^@#@## ... ~ ^ ~ ... ##@#@^^-~.
....--^#@@ @@#^--....
....-^^#@# 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. ##^^^^--~.
.~-^^@#@## ##@#@^^-~.
.~-^^@#@## 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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