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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 &&&&....&.
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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 .&.&&&.&&.
.&.....&.. 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 &.&&...&&&
..&....&.& IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? &&.&..&..&
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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 &.&.&&..&&
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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 &&.&&&..&&
&&...&.... PITCH BLACK INSIDE. .&&..&.&.&
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