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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 ,,,,,,,^~:
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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 ,,,,,,,^~:
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,,,,,,,,,, STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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^,,,,,,,,, PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ,,,,,,,,,^
,,,,,,,,,, TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ,,,,,,,,,,
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=:~^,,,,,, 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 ,^~:=%£###
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