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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 ##¤^^^*«,¨
¨,«*^$¤### is nowhere to be seen, but nontheless ###¤$^*«,¨
¨,«*^$¤### it is very bright - the air feels light ###¤$^*«,¨
¨,«*^$¤### blue, almost white. ###¤$^*«,¨
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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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¨¨¨¨¨,,*$¤ you're in high spirits, although a bit ¤$*,,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨,,,,«*$¤ stressed about the time, while moving ¤$*«,,,,¨¨
¨¨¨¨,«**$¤ up the stairs to your platform. the ¤$**«,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨«^^^$# intelligent designer, and full of #$^^^«¨¨¨¨
¨,«*^$¤### stairs, elevators, shortcuts, ###¤$^*«,¨
¨¨¨¨,«^^^¤ bazaars... you sight your train through ¤^^^«,¨¨¨¨
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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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¨,«*^$¤### through the windows you see first small ###¤$^*«,¨
¨,«***^¤## 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 ¤^^^**,¨¨¨
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¨,«*^$¤### network... ###¤$^*«,¨
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¨,«*^$¤### the tracks leave the ground, which is ###¤$^*«,¨
¨,«*^$¤### needed for other purposes. you are ###¤$^*«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨«*$## carried gently, curving upwards until ##$*«¨¨¨¨¨
¨,«*^$¤### you're moving upward along the wall of ###¤$^*«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,«*$¤ a building. it's made of slabby stone, ¤$*«,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,«*^$¤### looking out the way you came. it is ###¤$^*«,¨
¨,«*^$¤### pitch black inside. ###¤$^*«,¨
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