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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 ¨~~*%¤#¶##
##¤¤*~~¨¨¨ 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 ¨~~*%¤#¶##
##¶#¤%*~~¨ they are. ¨~~*%¤#¶##
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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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#%~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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, ¨¨¨~~~~%¤¶
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##¶#¤%*~~¨ 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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