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§$/~,..... CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. .....,~/$§
#§$/~,.... TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ....,~/$§#
##§$/~,... THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ...,~/$§##
###§$/~,.. IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS ..,~/$§###
####§$/~,. IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT .,~/$§####
###§$/~,.. BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ..,~/$§###
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#§$/~,.... ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ....,~/$§#
§$/~,..... PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD .....,~/$§
$/~,...... METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ......,~/$
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§$/~,..... YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A .....,~/$§
#§$/~,.... CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS ....,~/$§#
##§$/~,... LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ...,~/$§##
###§$/~,.. IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ..,~/$§###
####§$/~,. IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. .,~/$§####
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##§$/~,... YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ...,~/$§##
#§$/~,.... STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ....,~/$§#
§$/~,..... UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE .....,~/$§
$/~,...... STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ......,~/$
/~,....... PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME .......,~/
~,........ INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ........,~
,......... STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, .........,
.......... BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ..........
.......... SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ..........
.......... IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? ..........
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###§$/~,.. YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE ..,~/$§###
####§$/~,. IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN .,~/$§####
###§$/~,.. YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ..,~/$§###
##§$/~,... BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ...,~/$§##
#§$/~,.... ....,~/$§#
§$/~,..... SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, .....,~/$§
$/~,...... THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ......,~/$
/~,....... SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN .......,~/
~,........ PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ........,~
,......... TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR .........,
.......... THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ..........
.......... MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ..........
.......... NETWORK... ..........
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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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