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##@@#$*»~. CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. .~»*$#@@##
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@@@#$**»~. IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS .~»**$#@@@
#**~...... IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT ......~**#
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#$$*»».... LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ....»»*$$#
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#******»~. PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME .~»******#
@@@#$**»~. INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF .~»**$#@@@
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##@#$**»~. BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! .~»**$#@##
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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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