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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 ¨,»^^%§@@#
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@@@§%^^»,¨ BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ¨,»^^%§@@@
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#@@§%^^»,¨ PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ¨,»^^%§@@#
@§%^»,¨¨¨¨ METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ¨¨¨¨,»^%§@
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@@§^^»»¨¨¨ LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ¨¨¨»»^^§@@
§§§%%^^»,¨ IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ¨,»^^%%§§§
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##@§%^^»,¨ UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ¨,»^^%§@##
#@@§%^^»,¨ STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ¨,»^^%§@@#
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§§^»»»¨¨¨¨ BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ¨¨¨¨»»»^§§
#@@§%^^»,¨ SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ¨,»^^%§@@#
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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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@§§§%^^»,¨ 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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##@§%^^»,¨ THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS ¨,»^^%§@##
@@@§%^^»,¨ NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE ¨,»^^%§@@@
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#@@§%^^»,¨ 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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