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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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..........           BLUE, ALMOST WHITE.            ..........
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.......... ALONG THE SPAN  OF THE CLEARING LAY  TWO ..........
..........     PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD    ..........
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..........    INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF     ..........
..........       STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS,      ..........
.......... BAZAARS... YOU  SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ..........
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..........                NETWORK...                ..........
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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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