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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 ¨¨:=**§¤@@
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@@¤§**=:¨¨ PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ¨¨:=**§¤@@
@¤§**=:¨¨¨ METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ¨¨¨:=**§¤@
@@¤§**=:¨¨ THEY ARE. ¨¨:=**§¤@@
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@@¤§**=:¨¨ THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ¨¨:=**§¤@@
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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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@@¤§**=:¨¨ 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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@@¤§**=:¨¨ IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ¨¨:=**§¤@@
@¤§**=:¨¨¨ YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ¨¨¨:=**§¤@
@@¤§**=:¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨:=**§¤@
@@¤§**=:¨¨ 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 ¨:=**§¤@@#
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