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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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.-~***¤#@# ... - * - ... #@#¤***~-.
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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. #¤*~-.....
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.-~***¤### 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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