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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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¨~«/*%§@## ##@§%*/«~¨
¨~«/*%§@@# 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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¨¨¨¨~«/%§# 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 ##@§%*/«~¨
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¨¨¨¨~«/%§@ network... @§%/«~¨¨¨¨
¨~«/*%§@## ##@§%*/«~¨
¨¨¨¨«/**%@ 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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