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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 &,&&&,,&,,
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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 &&&,,&,,&&
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&,,,&&&&&& PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ,,,&&,&,&,
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,,&,&&,,,, 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 ,&&,,&&&&&
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,,,&&,,&&, PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ,&&&&&&,,,
,,,&,&,&,& TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR &&,,,,,&,,
,,,&&&&&&& THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN &,&,,,,&&,
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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 &&&,&,&&,,
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