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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 ,,,:=/%¤¤£
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/=:,,,,,,, PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ,,,,,,,:=/
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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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##£¤¤%/=:, YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ,:=/%¤¤£##
#£¤¤%/=:,, STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ,,:=/%¤¤£#
£¤¤%/=:,,, UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ,,,:=/%¤¤£
¤¤%/=:,,,, STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ,,,,:=/%¤¤
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/=:,,,,,,, STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ,,,,,,,:=/
=:,,,,,,,, BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ,,,,,,,,:=
:,,,,,,,,, SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ,,,,,,,,,:
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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 ,,:=/%¤¤£#
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#£¤¤%/=:,, PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ,,:=/%¤¤£#
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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
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