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.,-**@££## clearing, narrow but immeasurably long. ##££@**-,.
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.,-**@££££ thick and ready to swallow you. the sun ££££@**-,.
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.,-**@££## 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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.,-**@££## they emit a high pitched whine... ##££@**-,.
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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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.,-**@££## 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 £@***,....
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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 ##££@**-,.
.,-**@££## the industrial buildings, the urban ##££@**-,.
.,**@££### maze, protective walls, jungle ###££@**,.
.,-**@££## network... ##££@**-,.
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.,-**@£### 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, ##££@**-,.
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