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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 ,&,,,&&&&&
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,&&&&&,,,& 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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,&,&,,&&&& UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE &&,,,&,&&&
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,,&,,&,,,& INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ,&&&,&&&&,
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&,&&,&,&&, BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH &,&,&,,&&,
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,&&&,&&,&& PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM &&&,&&,&,&
&,,&&,&&,& TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ,,&&,&&&&&
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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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