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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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¨.=/$$&### youre at the train station, on a ###&$$/=.¨
¨.=/$$&### catwalk above the rails. your train is ###&$$/=.¨
¨¨¨.=$$$&# late, or you are late to the train. #&$$$=.¨¨¨
¨.=/$$&### it's a summer afternoon and the station ###&$$/=.¨
¨¨¨¨=$$$&# is busy, full of relaxed confidence. #&$$$=¨¨¨¨
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¨¨..../$&& you're in high spirits, although a bit &&$/....¨¨
¨.=/$$$&&& stressed about the time, while moving &&&$$$/=.¨
¨¨¨=//$$## up the stairs to your platform. the ##$$//=¨¨¨
¨.=/$$$$&# station is in several levels, all #&$$$$/=.¨
¨.=/$$&### 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 ##&&$$/=.¨
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¨.=/$$$&&# 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! &$$$/.¨¨¨¨
¨.=/$$&### ###&$$/=.¨
¨¨¨¨¨=/$&# society is growing denser around you, #&$/=¨¨¨¨¨
¨.=/$$&### 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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