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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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¤%=....... 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 ..=†%&¤#@#
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¤&%†=..... intelligent designer, and full of .....=†%&¤
#@#¤&%†=.. stairs, elevators, shortcuts, ..=†%&¤#@#
##@#&%†=.. bazaars... you sight your train through ..=†%&#@##
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##@¤&%†=.. it's supposed to be? ..=†%&¤@##
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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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#@#¤&%†=.. maze, protective walls, jungle ..=†%&¤#@#
##@#¤&†=.. network... ..=†&¤#@##
#¤&&&%†=.. ..=†%&&&¤#
#@#¤&%†=.. 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 ..=†%&¤#@#
¤%††===... pitch black inside. ...===††%¤
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