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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 ,&,,,&,&,,
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,&&&&,,&,& 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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&&&,&&&,&, 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, ,&&,&,,&,&
&&&&,,,,,, 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 ,&,&,,,,,,
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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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