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&,&&,,,&&& TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ,&&&,,,,,,
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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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,,&,,,,,,& INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ,,,,,&&&,,
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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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&,,&,&&,,& 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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