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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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.^*$$##### THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... #####$$*^.
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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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.^*$$##### IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN #####$$*^.
..^*$$#### YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ####$$*^..
.^*$$##### BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! #####$$*^.
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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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