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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 ¨¨¨¨¨:«§¤@
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@§::¨¨¨¨¨¨ IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT ¨¨¨¨¨¨::§@
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#@@@¤§:«:¨ METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ¨:«:§¤@@@#
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@@@§§§:«:¨ CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS ¨:«:§§§@@@
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@@¤:«¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#@@@¤§:«:¨ STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ¨:«:§¤@@@#
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#@@@¤§:«:¨ INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ¨:«:§¤@@@#
@@@@¤§:«:¨ STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ¨:«:§¤@@@@
@@@¤¤§:«:¨ BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ¨:«:§¤¤@@@
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@¤:«¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨:«:¤@@@##
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#@@@¤§:«:¨ PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ¨:«:§¤@@@#
@@@¤¤§:«:¨ TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ¨:«:§¤¤@@@
@§§§§«:¨¨¨ THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ¨¨¨:«§§§§@
@§§§««««:¨ MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ¨:««««§§§@
#@@@¤§:«:¨ NETWORK... ¨:«:§¤@@@#
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@§§««:¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨:«::§§¤@
@@¤::«¨¨¨¨ PITCH BLACK INSIDE. ¨¨¨¨«::¤@@
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