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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 £%*†~:....
.....:~†*%                 they are.                %*†~:.....
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.......:~† they   emit  a  high   pitched  whine... †~:.......
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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 #£%*†~:...
..:~†*%£## station   is  in  several   levels,  all ##£%*†~:..
.:~†*%£###     placed within eachother by some      ###£%*†~:.
..:~†*%£##    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 £%*†~:....
...:~†*%£#           pitch black inside.            #£%*†~:...
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