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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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$^;-^..... along the span of the clearing lay two .....^-;^$
^;-^...... parallel silvery lines, dark hard ......^-;^
$^;-^..... metal. somehow you can see how heavy .....^-;^$
£$^;-^.... they are. ....^-;^$£
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##£$^;-^.. they emit a high pitched whine... ..^-;^$£##
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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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£$^;-^.... you're in high spirits, although a bit ....^-;^$£
$^;-^..... stressed about the time, while moving .....^-;^$
^;-^...... 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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###£$^;-^. you're finally entering the city. while .^-;^$£###
##£$^;-^.. it is indeed a very high speed train ..^-;^$£##
#£$^;-^... you're traveling in, the journey has ...^-;^$£#
£$^;-^.... been long. but it's about to end! ....^-;^$£
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^;-^...... society is growing denser around you, ......^-;^
$^;-^..... through the windows you see first small .....^-;^$
£$^;-^.... shacks, built of metal and stone, then ....^-;^$£
#£$^;-^... proper houses with mortar to keep them ...^-;^$£#
##£$^;-^.. together... who in turn make way for ..^-;^$£##
###£$^;-^. the industrial buildings, the urban .^-;^$£###
##£$^;-^.. maze, protective walls, jungle ..^-;^$£##
#£$^;-^... network... ...^-;^$£#
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$^;-^..... the tracks leave the ground, which is .....^-;^$
^;-^...... needed for other purposes. you are ......^-;^
$^;-^..... carried gently, curving upwards until .....^-;^$
£$^;-^.... you're moving upward along the wall of ....^-;^$£
#£$^;-^... a building. it's made of slabby stone, ...^-;^$£#
##£$^;-^.. with great glassless window holes ..^-;^$£##
###£$^;-^. looking out the way you came. it is .^-;^$£###
##£$^;-^.. pitch black inside. ..^-;^$£##
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