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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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&¤¤*:¨¨¨¨¨ along the span of the clearing lay two ¨¨¨¨¨:*¤¤&
#@#&¤$*«:¨ parallel silvery lines, dark hard ¨:«*$¤&#@#
#@#&¤$*«:¨ metal. somehow you can see how heavy ¨:«*$¤&#@#
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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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##@&¤$*«:¨ you're in high spirits, although a bit ¨:«*$¤&@##
##@&¤$*«:¨ stressed about the time, while moving ¨:«*$¤&@##
@#&&¤$*«:¨ up the stairs to your platform. the ¨:«*$¤&&#@
#@#&¤$*«:¨ station is in several levels, all ¨:«*$¤&#@#
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@&&&¤$*«:¨ stairs, elevators, shortcuts, ¨:«*$¤&&&@
##@&¤$*«:¨ bazaars... you sight your train through ¨:«*$¤&@##
#@#&¤$*«:¨ some glass windows. it's... not where ¨:«*$¤&#@#
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##&&¤$*«:¨ you're traveling in, the journey has ¨:«*$¤&&##
###&¤$*«:¨ been long. but it's about to end! ¨:«*$¤&###
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#@#&¤$*«:¨ society is growing denser around you, ¨:«*$¤&#@#
#@#&¤$*«:¨ through the windows you see first small ¨:«*$¤&#@#
#¤*::¨¨¨¨¨ shacks, built of metal and stone, then ¨¨¨¨¨::*¤#
#@#&¤$*«:¨ proper houses with mortar to keep them ¨:«*$¤&#@#
&&$«:¨¨¨¨¨ together... who in turn make way for ¨¨¨¨¨:«$&&
#&&&¤$*«:¨ the industrial buildings, the urban ¨:«*$¤&&&#
#&¤¤¤$*«:¨ maze, protective walls, jungle ¨:«*$¤¤¤&#
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#@#&¤$*«:¨ needed for other purposes. you are ¨:«*$¤&#@#
##¤$$$*«:¨ carried gently, curving upwards until ¨:«*$$$¤##
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