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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 ###&@%;«:,
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,:«;%@#### METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ####@%;«:,
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,:«;%@## IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ###&@%;«:,
,:«;%@## IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ###&@%;«:,
,:«;%@## ###&@%;«:,
,:«;%@## YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ###&@%;«:,
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,:«;%@## BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ###&@%;«:,
,:«;%@## SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ###&@%;«:,
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,:«;%@## SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ###&@%;«:,
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,:«;%@## TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ###&@%;«:,
,:«;%@## THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ###&@%;«:,
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,:«;;%@@&& NETWORK... &&@@%;;«:,
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,,,,,,:;@& THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS &@;:,,,,,,
,:«;%@## NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE ###&@%;«:,
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,:«;%@## WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ###&@%;«:,
,:«;%@## LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ###&@%;«:,
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