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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 .,-:%&@@##
#@@@&%:-,. IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT .,-:%&@@@#
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@@%%--,,.. 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 .,-:%&@@@@
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@@@%%:--,. STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL .,--:%%@@@
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##@@&%:-,. BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH .,-:%&@@##
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##@@&%:-,. IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN .,-:%&@@##
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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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@@&&:-,,.. THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ..,,-:&&@@
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#@@@&%:-,. 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 ...,:%&@@@
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