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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 ¨¨¨¨¨:=†^@
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@^†=:¨¨¨¨¨ THEY ARE. ¨¨¨¨¨:=†^@
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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 ¨¨¨¨:=†^@@
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#¶@@^†=:¨¨ STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ¨¨:=†^@@¶#
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@@^†=:¨¨¨¨ STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ¨¨¨¨:=†^@@
@^†=:¨¨¨¨¨ PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ¨¨¨¨¨:=†^@
^†=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=†^
@^†=:¨¨¨¨¨ STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ¨¨¨¨¨:=†^@
@@^†=:¨¨¨¨ BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ¨¨¨¨:=†^@@
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#¶@@^†=:¨¨ YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ¨¨:=†^@@¶#
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¶@@^†=:¨¨¨ SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ¨¨¨:=†^@@¶
@@^†=:¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨:=†^@
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