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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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,,&,&,,&&& PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ,&&&&&,,&,
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&,&,&,,,,& 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 ,&,,&,,,&&
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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, &&,,,&&,,,
,&,,&,,,&& 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 &,&,,&,&,,
&&,,,&&&,, THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN &&&,&&&&,&
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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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