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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 #%%†*=...¨
¨.=*†%#### parallel silvery lines, dark hard ####%†*=.¨
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¨.=*†%#### they are. ####%†*=.¨
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¨.=*†%#### they emit a high pitched whine... ####%†*=.¨
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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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¨.=*†%#### 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 ###%*.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.**%## it's supposed to be? ##%**.¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨.**%%## you're finally entering the city. while ##%%**.¨¨¨
¨.=*†%#### 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, ####%†*=.¨
¨.=*†%#### through the windows you see first small ####%†*=.¨
¨.=*†%#### 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 ##%††*...¨
¨.=*†%#### network... ####%†*=.¨
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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 ####%†*=.¨
¨.=*†%#### pitch black inside. ####%†*=.¨
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