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##@#$$\~~¨ to your sides are walls made of trees, ¨~~\$$#@##
#@@#$$\~~¨ 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 ¨~~~~\$$$#
#@$$$$\~~¨ they are. ¨~~\$$$$@#
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#$$$\~¨¨¨¨ catwalk above the rails. your train is ¨¨¨¨~\$$$#
##@#$$\~~¨ late, or you are late to the train. ¨~~\$$#@##
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##@#$$\~~¨ 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! ¨¨~~\\\$##
##@#$$\~~¨ ¨~~\$$#@##
##$\~¨¨¨¨¨ society is growing denser around you, ¨¨¨¨¨~\$##
##@#$$\~~¨ 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 ¨~\$$#@###
####$$\~~¨ maze, protective walls, jungle ¨~~\$$####
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##@#$$\~~¨ 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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