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###@¤==»,¨ 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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#@@@¤==»,¨ metal. somehow you can see how heavy ¨,»==¤@@@#
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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 ¨,»==¤@@##
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##@@¤==»,¨ you're in high spirits, although a bit ¨,»==¤@@##
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##@@¤==»,¨ 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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##@@¤==»,¨ 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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##@@¤==»,¨ through the windows you see first small ¨,»==¤@@##
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#@@====»,¨ together... who in turn make way for ¨,»====@@#
##@@¤==»,¨ the industrial buildings, the urban ¨,»==¤@@##
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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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