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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 ¨¨¨,=/%*§#
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##§*%/=,¨¨ STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ¨¨,=/%*§##
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##§*%/=,¨¨ STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ¨¨,=/%*§##
#§*%/=,¨¨¨ PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ¨¨¨,=/%*§#
§*%/=,¨¨¨¨ INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ¨¨¨¨,=/%*§
*%/=,¨¨¨¨¨ STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ¨¨¨¨¨,=/%*
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#§*%/=,¨¨¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=/
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/=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=/
%/=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=/%
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§*%/=,¨¨¨¨ THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ¨¨¨¨,=/%*§
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/=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=/
=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
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