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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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,,,,,,,^~\ PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD \~^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^~ METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ~^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^ THEY ARE. ^,,,,,,,,,
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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 ^,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,^~\§ 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 #£#£§\~^,,
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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 #£#£§\~^,,
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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 £§\~^,,,,,
,,,,,,^~\§ 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, §\~^,,,,,,
,,,,,^~\§£ WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES £§\~^,,,,,
,,,,^~\§£# LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS #£§\~^,,,,
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