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###@*$=-,¨ CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ¨,-=$*@###
##@@*$=-,¨ TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ¨,-=$*@@##
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##@@*$=-,¨ IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS ¨,-=$*@@##
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#@@**$=-,¨ THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ¨,-=$**@@#
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##@@*$=-,¨ THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS ¨,-=$*@@##
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##@@*$=-,¨ WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ¨,-=$*@@##
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