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...^^^--^¤ clearing, narrow but immeasurably long. ¤^--^^^...
.^-=^$¶### to your sides are walls made of trees, ###¶$^=-^.
.^-=^$¤¶¶# thick and ready to swallow you. the sun #¶¶¤$^=-^.
.^-=^$¶### is nowhere to be seen, but nontheless ###¶$^=-^.
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...^-=^¤¶# blue, almost white. #¶¤^=-^...
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.^-=^$¤### along the span of the clearing lay two ###¤$^=-^.
.....-=^¤¶ parallel silvery lines, dark hard ¶¤^=-.....
.^-=^$¤¶## metal. somehow you can see how heavy ##¶¤$^=-^.
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.^-=^$¤¶## they emit a high pitched whine... ##¶¤$^=-^.
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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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.^-^$¤¶### intelligent designer, and full of ###¶¤$^-^.
.^-=^$¤¶## stairs, elevators, shortcuts, ##¶¤$^=-^.
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.^-=^$¤¶## some glass windows. it's... not where ##¶¤$^=-^.
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.^-=^$¤¶## been long. but it's about to end! ##¶¤$^=-^.
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.^-=^$¤¶## shacks, built of metal and stone, then ##¶¤$^=-^.
.^-=^$¤¶¶¶ proper houses with mortar to keep them ¶¶¶¤$^=-^.
.....^^=$¶ together... who in turn make way for ¶$=^^.....
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