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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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..&....&.& they emit a high pitched whine... .&.&..&&.&
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.&&.&&...& youre at the train station, on a &.&.&.&...
.&.&&.&..& 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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&&&...&&.& 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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..&&&.&&&& 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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