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#%-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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##$*.¨¨¨¨¨ catwalk above the rails. your train is ¨¨¨¨¨.*$##
##@#$%*-.¨ late, or you are late to the train. ¨.-*%$#@##
#@¶#$%*-.¨ it's a summer afternoon and the station ¨.-*%$#¶@#
##¶#$%*-.¨ is busy, full of relaxed confidence. ¨.-*%$#¶##
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#@¶#$%*-.¨ up the stairs to your platform. the ¨.-*%$#¶@#
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#%--..¨¨¨¨ intelligent designer, and full of ¨¨¨¨..--%#
¶$$%-.¨¨¨¨ stairs, elevators, shortcuts, ¨¨¨¨.-%$$¶
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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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#@¶#$%*-.¨ society is growing denser around you, ¨.-*%$#¶@#
#%%****-.¨ through the windows you see first small ¨.-****%%#
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