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#@£§@§:»-¨ parallel silvery lines, dark hard ¨-»:§@§£@#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨-::@£
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#@£§@§:»-¨ 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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#@£§@§:»-¨ it is indeed a very high speed train ¨-»:§@§£@#
##@§@§:»-¨ you're traveling in, the journey has ¨-»:§@§@##
#@£§@§:»-¨ been long. but it's about to end! ¨-»:§@§£@#
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#@£§@§:»-¨ 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 ¨-»:§@§£@#
#@£§@§:»-¨ the industrial buildings, the urban ¨-»:§@§£@#
#@£§@§:»-¨ maze, protective walls, jungle ¨-»:§@§£@#
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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 ¨-»:§@§£##
§§@§§:---¨ pitch black inside. ¨---:§§@§§
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