.,=^%£@###                                          ###@£%^=,.
..,=^%£@##                                          ##@£%^=,..
...,=^%£@#                                          #@£%^=,...
....,=^%£@                                          @£%^=,....
.....,=^%£                                          £%^=,.....
......,=^%          . .. ... ==#== ... .. .         %^=,......
.......,=^      .  .===    = =#= =    ===.  .       ^=,.......
........,=          . .. ... ==#== ... .. .         =,........
.........,                                          ,.........
........,=  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.      =,........
.......,=^                                          ^=,.......
......,=^%                                          %^=,......
.....,=^%£                                          £%^=,.....
....,=^%£@                                          @£%^=,....
...,=^%£@#                                          #@£%^=,...