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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 ..........
..........                THEY ARE.                 ..........
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......«;^@ LATE, OR YOU  ARE  LATE  TO  THE  TRAIN. @^;«......
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........«; 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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...«;^@£## YOU'RE TRAVELING  IN,  THE  JOURNEY  HAS ##£@^;«...
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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      ..........
..........                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 ..........
.......... 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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