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.^~/†$&£## clearing, narrow but immeasurably long.  ##£&$†/~^.
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...^^^^~†& thick and ready to swallow you. the  sun &†~^^^^...
.^~/†$&£## is nowhere to be  seen,  but  nontheless ##£&$†/~^.
.^~/†$&£## it is very bright -  the air feels light ##£&$†/~^.
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.^~/†$&£## along  the span of  the clearing lay two ##£&$†/~^.
....~/†&&&    parallel silvery lines, dark hard     &&&†/~....
.^~/†$&£## metal.  somehow  you can see  how  heavy ##£&$†/~^.
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.^~/†$&£## youre   at   the   train station,  on  a ##£&$†/~^.
.^~/†$&£## catwalk  above the  rails. your train is ##£&$†/~^.
...^/†$$$& late, or you  are  late  to  the  train. &$$$†/^...
.^~/†$&£## it's a summer  afternoon and the station ##£&$†/~^.
.^~/†$&£## is busy,  full  of  relaxed  confidence. ##£&$†/~^.
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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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.^~/†$&£## society  is  growing denser  around you, ##£&$†/~^.
.^~/†$&£## through the windows you  see first small ##£&$†/~^.
.^~/†$&£## shacks, built of  metal  and stone, then ##£&$†/~^.
.^~/†$&£## proper houses with mortar  to keep  them ##£&$†/~^.
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.^~/†$&£##   the industrial buildings, the urban    ##£&$†/~^.
.^~/†$&£##      maze, protective walls, jungle      ##£&$†/~^.
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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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