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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 ¶*%;=-....
.....-=;%* 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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.......-=; 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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...-=;%*¶# 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 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 =-........
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......-=;% 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 ##¶*%;=-..
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.......-=; with great glassless window holes ;=-.......
........-= looking out the way you came. it is =-........
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