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¨¨¨:~*%£§# 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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¨¨¨:~*%£§# parallel silvery lines, dark hard #§£%*~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~*%£§ metal. somehow you can see how heavy §£%*~:¨¨¨¨
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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 #§£%*~:¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨:~*%£§ intelligent designer, and full of §£%*~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~*%£§# stairs, elevators, shortcuts, #§£%*~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~*%£§#@ bazaars... you sight your train through @#§£%*~:¨¨
¨:~*%£§#@# some glass windows. it's... not where #@#§£%*~:¨
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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, #§£%*~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~*%£§ through the windows you see first small §£%*~:¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨:~*%£§ proper houses with mortar to keep them §£%*~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~*%£§# together... who in turn make way for #§£%*~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~*%£§#@ the industrial buildings, the urban @#§£%*~:¨¨
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:~*%£§#@## network... ##@#§£%*~:
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¨¨:~*%£§#@ the tracks leave the ground, which is @#§£%*~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~*%£§# needed for other purposes. you are #§£%*~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~*%£§ carried gently, curving upwards until §£%*~:¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨:~*%£§# with great glassless window holes #§£%*~:¨¨¨
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