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##@#**\~~¨ CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ¨~~\**#@##
#*\~¨¨¨¨¨¨ TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ¨¨¨¨¨¨~\*#
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@@*\~¨¨¨¨¨ IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS ¨¨¨¨¨~\*@@
##@#**\~~¨ IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT ¨~~\**#@##
@#*\~¨¨¨¨¨ BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ¨¨¨¨¨~\*#@
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#***~~¨¨¨¨ ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ¨¨¨¨~~***#
@***~~¨¨¨¨ PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ¨¨¨¨~~***@
@**~¨¨¨¨¨¨ METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ¨¨¨¨¨¨~**@
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##@#**\~~¨ THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ¨~~\**#@##
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##@#**\~~¨ LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ¨~~\**#@##
##@#**\~~¨ IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ¨~~\**#@##
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##**~~¨¨¨¨ YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ¨¨¨¨~~**##
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##@#**\~~¨ UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ¨~~\**#@##
##@#**\~~¨ STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ¨~~\**#@##
###@#*\~~¨ PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ¨~~\*#@###
####**\~~¨ INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ¨~~\**####
#*~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~*#
##@#**\~~¨ BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ¨~~\**#@##
##@#**\~~¨ SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ¨~~\**#@##
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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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#*\~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨~~\**#@##
#***\\\~~¨ NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE ¨~~\\\***#
###@#*\~~¨ CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ¨~~\*#@###
##@#**\~~¨ YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ¨~~\**#@##
#**\\~¨¨¨¨ A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, ¨¨¨¨~\\**#
#*\\~¨¨¨¨¨ WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ¨¨¨¨¨~\\*#
##@#**\~~¨ LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ¨~~\**#@##
###@#*\~~¨ PITCH BLACK INSIDE. ¨~~\*#@###
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