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&,&&,&&&,& TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ,,,&&,&&,,
&&&,&&,,&& THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN &,,&,&&,&,
&,,&&,&,&, IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS &&,&&&,&&&
,&,&,&&&&& IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT ,,&&,,&&,,
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,&&&,&&&&& LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ,,,,,,,&&&
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&,&,&,&,,, IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ,,,,,,,&&,
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&,,,,,,,&& STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ,,,,,,,&,,
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&,&,,,,,&& STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ,,,,,,,&,&
,&&&,,,,&, PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME &,,,,,,&&&
&&,,&,,,&& INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF &&,,,,,&,,
&,&,&&,,&, STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ,,&,,,,&&,
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,,,,,&&&&, SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE &,&,&,,&&&
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&,&,&&,,&& YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS &,,,&&&,,&
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,,&&,&&,,, THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ,,&,,&&,&,
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&,&&&,&&&, PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM &&&,&&&&,,
&&&,,&&,,& TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ,,,&&,,,&,
&,,&,&,&,& THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN &,,&,&,,&&
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&&&&&,&,,, 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 ,,,&&,&&,,
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