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-,,,,,,,,, TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ,,,,,,,,,-
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,,,,,,,,,, IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ,,,,,,,,,,
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*-,,,,,,,, IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ,,,,,,,,-*
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&¤%*-,,,,, BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ,,,,,-*%¤&
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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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