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,,,,,,,,,, PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ,,,,,,,,,,
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@#&%%;:,,, CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS ,,,:;%%&#@
#&%%;:,,,, LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ,,,,:;%%&#
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,,,,,,,,,, STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ,,,,,,,,,,
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%%;:,,,,,, IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ,,,,,,:;%%
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;:,,,,,,,, BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ,,,,,,,,:;
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#@#&%%;:,, YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ,,:;%%&#@#
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