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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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,,,,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,,:»
:»:,,,,,,, STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ,,,,,,,:»:
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*%:»:,,,,, STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ,,,,,:»:%*
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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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##*%:»:,,, THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ,,,:»:%*##
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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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