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.@@@@@@..@ TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ..@@...@.@
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@....@@@.. IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS @@@@.@....
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..@..@@.@@ LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ........@@
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....@..@.@ YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS @@@@.@@@@@
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@@@.@..@.@ CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL @@.@@@@.@@
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.@..@@..@. 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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