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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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,.=/§§§§§§ catwalk above the rails. your train is §§§§§§/=.,
,,,,.=/§§# late, or you are late to the train. #§§/=.,,,,
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,.=/§¤§¶## stressed about the time, while moving ##¶§¤§/=.,
,.=/§¤§¶## up the stairs to your platform. the ##¶§¤§/=.,
,,,,,.=§§# station is in several levels, all #§§=.,,,,,
,.=/§¤§¶## placed within eachother by some ##¶§¤§/=.,
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,,,,,.=/¤§ stairs, elevators, shortcuts, §¤/=.,,,,,
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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! ##¶§¤§/=.,
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,.=/§¤§¶## society is growing denser around you, ##¶§¤§/=.,
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,.=/§¤§¶## with great glassless window holes ##¶§¤§/=.,
,.=/§¤§### looking out the way you came. it is ###§¤§/=.,
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