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....@.@@.. to your sides are walls made of trees, @....@..@.
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.@..@..... along the span of the clearing lay two @..@..@...
..@..@.... 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 ......@.@@
@..@.@@... station is in several levels, all ........@@
@@...@@@.. placed within eachother by some ........@.
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@.@@...@@@ 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 ......@@@.
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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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