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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 .......##.
......#### BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ######....
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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 ######....
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..##..#### INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ##......##
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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! ##########
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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 ##########
########## PITCH BLACK INSIDE. ##########
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