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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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...:-=£§@# 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 =-:.......
........:- 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 ..........
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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 ..........
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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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