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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 ..,~;†¤###
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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 ..,~;†¤###
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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 ......,~;†
;~,....... 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 ........,~
,......... 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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