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....&&&..& CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. &&..&....&
&...&.&&.. TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, .&&..&....
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...&....&& IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT ...&&&..&.
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..&....&.. 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 &....&.&&.
...&&&.... INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF .&.....&&&
&..&.&&... STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ..&....&.&
&&...&&&.. BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH &..&.....&
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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 &...&.&&..
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&&&..&.&&. 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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