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¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¨¤ TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ¤¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¨¤
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¨¨¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¨ IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¤¤¤
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¨¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¤¨ UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¨¨¨ PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ¨¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¨
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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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¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¤¨ TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¨¤¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨ CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¨¤
¤¨¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¨ YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ¨¤¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¨¤ LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ¤¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¨¤
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