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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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¶@@@@§=~~¨ 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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@§~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨~~=§@@¶@#
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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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@@§§==~¨¨¨ 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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