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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. .::::^^@@#
#@#@@%^»:. .:»^%@@#@#
@#@@%^»:.. 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 .....:»%@#
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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 .:»^%@@#@#
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#@^»:..... the tracks leave the ground, which is .....:»^@#
@@#@@%^»:. needed for other purposes. you are .:»^%@@#@@
###@@%^»:. carried gently, curving upwards until .:»^%@@###
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##@#@@%»:. with great glassless window holes .:»%@@#@##
###@@%^»:. looking out the way you came. it is .:»^%@@###
###@@%^»:. pitch black inside. .:»^%@@###
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