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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 ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨
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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 §§§¨¨§¨¨§¨
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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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§¨¨¨§¨§§¨§ IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
§¨¨§§§¨§§§ YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS §§¨§§§¨§¨§
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¨¨§§§§§¨¨¨ SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, §§§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
§§¨¨¨§§¨§§ SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ¨¨¨§§§¨§¨¨
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§§¨§§§¨§¨§ 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 ¨§§§¨§¨§§¨
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¨§§¨¨§§§¨§ WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨§¨§¨¨§§§ LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
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