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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.                   #¤§===«...
.~«=%§¤@##                                          ##@¤§%=«~.
.....~=§@#  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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