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###,,#,##, TO  YOUR SIDES  ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ##,,#,,,,,
#,##,,,### THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU.  THE SUN ,##,,#,,,,
,,###,,#,# IS NOWHERE TO  BE  SEEN, BUT  NONTHELESS ,###,,#,,,
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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 ,,,,#,,,,#
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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     ,,,,#,,,,,
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,,,,#,,,,# BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN  THROUGH ,,,,,,#,,,
,,,,,#,,,# SOME GLASS  WINDOWS. IT'S...  NOT  WHERE ,,,,,,,#,,
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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 #,,,,#,,,,
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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, ,,#,,,,,##
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