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§§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨  CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨ THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE  SUN ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨ IS  NOWHERE  TO BE SEEN,  BUT NONTHELESS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§ IT IS VERY BRIGHT  - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨ CATWALK ABOVE  THE RAILS. YOUR  TRAIN IS §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ LATE,  OR  YOU ARE  LATE TO  THE  TRAIN. §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ 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 §§§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨      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 ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§§§¨¨ 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    §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§      MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE      ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
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¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ NEEDED  FOR  OTHER  PURPOSES.   YOU  ARE ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
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§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ 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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