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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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$^~,,,,,,, PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ,,,,,,,~^$
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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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$^~,,,,,,, YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ,,,,,,,~^$
@$^~,,,,,, STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ,,,,,,~^$@
¶@$^~,,,,, UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ,,,,,~^$@¶
#¶@$^~,,,, STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ,,,,~^$@¶#
##¶@$^~,,, PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ,,,~^$@¶##
###¶@$^~,, INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ,,~^$@¶###
##¶@$^~,,, STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ,,,~^$@¶##
#¶@$^~,,,, BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ,,,,~^$@¶#
¶@$^~,,,,, SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ,,,,,~^$@¶
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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 ,,,,,,,,~^
$^~,,,,,,, MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ,,,,,,,~^$
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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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