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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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¶¶¶&$$\-:¨ along the span of the clearing lay two ¨:-\$$&¶¶¶
¶$$$-:¨¨¨¨ parallel silvery lines, dark hard ¨¨¨¨:-$$$¶
¶¶¶&$$\-:¨ metal. somehow you can see how heavy ¨:-\$$&¶¶¶
#@¶&$$\-:¨ they are. ¨:-\$$&¶@#
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#@¶&$$\-:¨ catwalk above the rails. your train is ¨:-\$$&¶@#
#@¶&$$\-:¨ late, or you are late to the train. ¨:-\$$&¶@#
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¶&$\:¨¨¨¨¨ is busy, full of relaxed confidence. ¨¨¨¨¨:\$&¶
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#@¶&$$\-:¨ up the stairs to your platform. the ¨:-\$$&¶@#
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#@¶&$$\-:¨ intelligent designer, and full of ¨:-\$$&¶@#
##¶&$$\-:¨ stairs, elevators, shortcuts, ¨:-\$$&¶##
@&$\:¨¨¨¨¨ bazaars... you sight your train through ¨¨¨¨¨:\$&@
¶$$$$\::¨¨ some glass windows. it's... not where ¨¨::\$$$$¶
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@¶&&$$\-:¨ you're traveling in, the journey has ¨:-\$$&&¶@
@&$$\\-:¨¨ 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 ¨:-\$$&¶@#
&$-::¨¨¨¨¨ shacks, built of metal and stone, then ¨¨¨¨¨::-$&
&$$$---::¨ proper houses with mortar to keep them ¨::---$$$&
¶&$$\:¨¨¨¨ together... who in turn make way for ¨¨¨¨:\$$&¶
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#@¶&$$\-:¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨:-\$&
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