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$$*=^¨¨¨¨¨ PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ¨¨¨¨¨^=*$$
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#@#@$$*=^¨ IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ¨^=*$$@#@#
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$*=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=*$
$$*=^¨¨¨¨¨ PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ¨¨¨¨¨^=*$$
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#@$$*=^¨¨¨ STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ¨¨¨^=*$$@#
@#@$$*=^¨¨ BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ¨¨^=*$$@#@
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#@#@$$*=^¨ IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ¨^=*$$@#@#
@#@$$*=^¨¨ YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ¨¨^=*$$@#@
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$$*=^¨¨¨¨¨ SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ¨¨¨¨¨^=*$$
$*=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=*$
$$*=^¨¨¨¨¨ SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ¨¨¨¨¨^=*$$
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#@#@$$*=^¨ MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ¨^=*$$@#@#
@#@$$*=^¨¨ NETWORK... ¨¨^=*$$@#@
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$$*=^¨¨¨¨¨ NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE ¨¨¨¨¨^=*$$
$*=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=*$
$$*=^¨¨¨¨¨ YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ¨¨¨¨¨^=*$$
@$$*=^¨¨¨¨ A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, ¨¨¨¨^=*$$@
#@$$*=^¨¨¨ WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ¨¨¨^=*$$@#
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