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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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,,&&&&,,&& 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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&&&,,,,&&& UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE &&&&,,&&&&
&&,,&&,,&& STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ,&&,,,,&&&
&,,,,,,,,& PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ,,,,&&,,&&
,,&&&&&&,, INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ,&&,,,,,,&
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&&,,&&,,,, 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 ,&&&&,,&&&
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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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