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...&&..&.. TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, &.&&&&.&..
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&&&.&&.&.. METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY &....&..&.
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&...&..... 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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...&....&& 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 &.&&..&&&.
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&.&&&&&... 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 .&&.&..&&&
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&.&&&&&..& 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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