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==^....... PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD .......^==
=^........ METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ........^=
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##$§==^... LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ...^==§$##
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#$§==^.... STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ....^==§$#
$§==^..... UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE .....^==§$
§==^...... 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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#$§==^.... THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ....^==§$#
$§==^..... SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN .....^==§$
§==^...... 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 .......^==
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