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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 ,,,,,,,,~=
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##¤&%\=~,, THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ,,~=\%&¤##
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,,,,,,,,,, YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,~=\%&
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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, ,,,,,,,,~=
\=~,,,,,,, THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ,,,,,,,~=\
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&%\=~,,,,, 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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