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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 .&...&&&..
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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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.&&......& 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 ......&...
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...&...... 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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