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=«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨:«=*@§
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§@*=«:¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:«=*
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§@*=«:¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨:«=*@§#
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:«=*
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§@*=«:¨¨¨¨ TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ¨¨¨¨:«=*@§
#§@*=«:¨¨¨ THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ¨¨¨:«=*@§#
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§@*=«:¨¨¨¨ NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE ¨¨¨¨:«=*@§
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*=«:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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