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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^»=
»^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^»
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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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&%=»^¨¨¨¨¨ LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ¨¨¨¨¨^»=%&
%=»^¨¨¨¨¨¨ IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ¨¨¨¨¨¨^»=%
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^»=
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»^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^»=
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&&%=»^¨¨¨¨ 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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