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##@&$%*«,, PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ,,«*%$&@##
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##@&$%*«,, CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS ,,«*%$&@##
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##@&$%*«,, IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ,,«*%$&@##
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#@&%%*««,, UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ,,««*%%&@#
##@&$%*«,, STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ,,«*%$&@##
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##@&$%*«,, INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ,,«*%$&@##
##@&$%*«,, STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ,,«*%$&@##
##@&$%*«,, BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ,,«*%$&@##
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##@&$%*«,, YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ,,«*%$&@##
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##@&$%*«,, THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ,,«*%$&@##
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##@&$%*«,, PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ,,«*%$&@##
##@&$%*«,, TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ,,«*%$&@##
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#@@&$%*«,, NETWORK... ,,«*%$&@@#
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##@&$%*«,, THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS ,,«*%$&@##
&%%«,,,,,, NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE ,,,,,,«%%&
#@@&$%*«,, CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ,,«*%$&@@#
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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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