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.-~/*$&### CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG.  ###&$*/~-.
..-~/*$&## TO YOUR SIDES ARE  WALLS MADE  OF TREES, ##&$*/~-..
.-~/*$&### THICK AND READY TO  SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ###&$*/~-.
..-~/*$&## IS NOWHERE TO  BE SEEN,  BUT  NONTHELESS ##&$*/~-..
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..-~/*$&## IT'S A  SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ##&$*/~-..
.-~/*$&### IS  BUSY,  FULL  OF RELAXED  CONFIDENCE. ###&$*/~-.
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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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.-~/*$&### SOME  GLASS WINDOWS.  IT'S...  NOT WHERE ###&$*/~-.
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.-~/*$&### BEEN  LONG.  BUT  IT'S  ABOUT  TO   END! ###&$*/~-.
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.-~/*$&### SOCIETY  IS  GROWING DENSER  AROUND YOU, ###&$*/~-.
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..-~/*$&## PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR  TO KEEP  THEM ##&$*/~-..
.-~/*$&### TOGETHER... WHO  IN  TURN  MAKE WAY  FOR ###&$*/~-.
..-~/*$&##   THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN    ##&$*/~-..
.-~/*$&###      MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE      ###&$*/~-.
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..-~/*$&## THE TRACKS  LEAVE THE  GROUND, WHICH  IS ##&$*/~-..
.-~/*$&### NEEDED  FOR  OTHER  PURPOSES.   YOU  ARE ###&$*/~-.
..-~/*$&##  CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL   ##&$*/~-..
.-~/*$&### YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD  ALONG THE WALL  OF ###&$*/~-.
..-~/*$&## A BUILDING.  IT'S  MADE OF SLABBY STONE, ##&$*/~-..
.-~/*$&###     WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES    ###&$*/~-.
..-~/*$&## LOOKING  OUT THE  WAY  YOU  CAME. IT  IS ##&$*/~-..
.-~/*$&###            PITCH BLACK INSIDE.           ###&$*/~-.
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