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=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
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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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