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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 &.&.&&..&&
&.&...&.&& 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 .....&....
...&&&&&&. 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 &.&...&...
.&.&&&..&. 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 ...&..&&..
&&&.....&. 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 &.&&&.&&..
.&&.&..&&& PITCH BLACK INSIDE. .&&..&&.&.
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