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¨~«\†$§@## to your sides are walls made of trees, ##@§$†\«~¨
¨~«\†$§### thick and ready to swallow you. the sun ###§$†\«~¨
¨~«\†$§§§# is nowhere to be seen, but nontheless #§§§$†\«~¨
¨¨~~~\†$§§ it is very bright - the air feels light §§$†\~~~¨¨
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¨~«\†$§@## metal. somehow you can see how heavy ##@§$†\«~¨
¨~«\†$§@## they are. ##@§$†\«~¨
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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 §††«~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨««†††$@ some glass windows. it's... not where @$†††««¨¨¨
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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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¨¨~«««†$$§ society is growing denser around you, §$$†«««~¨¨
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¨~«\†$§@## shacks, built of metal and stone, then ##@§$†\«~¨
¨~«\\††††§ 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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¨~«\†$@### needed for other purposes. you are ###@$†\«~¨
¨¨¨¨~««††§ 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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