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§†=.,,,,,, CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ,,,,,,.=†§
@§†=.,,,,, 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 ,,.=†§@@@#
##@@@§†=., 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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@@§†=.,,,, YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A ,,,,.=†§@@
@§†=.,,,,, 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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@@§†=.,,,, YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ,,,,.=†§@@
@@@§†=.,,, STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ,,,.=†§@@@
#@@@§†=.,, UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ,,.=†§@@@#
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@@@§†=.,,, INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ,,,.=†§@@@
@@§†=.,,,, STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ,,,,.=†§@@
@§†=.,,,,, BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ,,,,,.=†§@
§†=.,,,,,, SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ,,,,,,.=†§
†=.,,,,,,, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? ,,,,,,,.=†
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@@@§†=.,,, YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE ,,,.=†§@@@
@@§†=.,,,, 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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§†=.,,,,,, 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 ,.=†§@@@##
#@@@§†=.,, 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 ,,,.=†§@@@
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