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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.             §¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨
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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.    ¨¨§¨§§¨§§§
§§§¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨§§§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§§   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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