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##@#$§†~~¨ thick and ready to swallow you. the sun ¨~~†§$#@##
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##@#$§†~~¨ stressed about the time, while moving ¨~~†§$#@##
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##@#$§†~~¨ stairs, elevators, shortcuts, ¨~~†§$#@##
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#@#$†~¨¨¨¨ through the windows you see first small ¨¨¨¨~†$#@#
#@$$$§†~~¨ shacks, built of metal and stone, then ¨~~†§$$$@#
##@#$§†~~¨ proper houses with mortar to keep them ¨~~†§$#@##
##@#$§†~~¨ together... who in turn make way for ¨~~†§$#@##
##@#$§†~~¨ the industrial buildings, the urban ¨~~†§$#@##
#@@#$§†~~¨ maze, protective walls, jungle ¨~~†§$#@@#
##@#$§†~~¨ network... ¨~~†§$#@##
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##@#$§†~~¨ with great glassless window holes ¨~~†§$#@##
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