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,,~=§§$§¶¶ CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ¶¶§$§§=~,,
,,~=§$§¶## TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ##¶§$§=~,,
,,~=§$§### THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ###§$§=~,,
,,~=§$§¶## IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS ##¶§$§=~,,
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,,~=§$§¶## ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ##¶§$§=~,,
,,,,,,~§§# PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD #§§~,,,,,,
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,,~==§$§§# CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS #§§$§==~,,
,,,,,,,=§§ LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. §§=,,,,,,,
,,,,,~§§$¶ IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ¶$§§~,,,,,
,,,,=§§$¶¶ IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ¶¶$§§=,,,,
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,,~=§$§¶## YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ##¶§$§=~,,
,,~=§$§¶## STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ##¶§$§=~,,
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,,~=§$$$§# STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL #§$$$§=~,,
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,,~=§$§¶## BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ##¶§$§=~,,
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,,~=§$§¶## IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ##¶§$§=~,,
,,~=§$§¶## YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ##¶§$§=~,,
,,~=§$§¶## BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ##¶§$§=~,,
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,,~=§§$$§# SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, #§$$§§=~,,
,,,,,~~§§¶ THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ¶§§~~,,,,,
,,~=§§¶### SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ###¶§§=~,,
,,,,,~==$§ PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM §$==~,,,,,
,,~=§$§¶## TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ##¶§$§=~,,
,,,,,~==§§ THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN §§==~,,,,,
,,~=§$§¶## MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ##¶§$§=~,,
,,~=§$$§¶# NETWORK... #¶§$$§=~,,
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,,,,=§$$¶# THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS #¶$$§=,,,,
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,,,,,=$$§# WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES #§$$=,,,,,
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