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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 .......:~\
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§*\~:..... blue, almost white. .....:~\*§
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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 ..:~\*§§£@
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§§*\~:.... 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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@£§§*\~:.. 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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\~:....... 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 ....:~\*§§
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