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¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨  CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
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§¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨ THICK AND  READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨§§§ IS NOWHERE TO BE  SEEN,  BUT  NONTHELESS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨§ IT IS  VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§           BLUE, ALMOST WHITE.            §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨    PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD     §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ METAL. SOMEHOW  YOU  CAN SEE  HOW  HEAVY ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
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¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
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§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ LATE,  OR YOU  ARE  LATE  TO THE  TRAIN. ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON  AND THE STATION ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨§ IS  BUSY,  FULL  OF  RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§¨ YOU'RE  IN HIGH SPIRITS,  ALTHOUGH A BIT ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§ STRESSED  ABOUT  THE TIME,  WHILE MOVING §¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ UP  THE STAIRS  TO  YOUR  PLATFORM.  THE ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨ STATION  IS   IN  SEVERAL  LEVELS,   ALL ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨§§¨      PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME     ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§§§    INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF     ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§ SOME  GLASS  WINDOWS.  IT'S... NOT WHERE §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨           IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE?           ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
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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! §¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ 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   ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
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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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