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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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&&.&&.&&&. PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD &....&&&&.
&.&&.&&..& 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 &&.&&.&&..
.&&..&.&&. 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 &&..&&&&.&
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..&&.&&... 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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