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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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%/-^,,,,,, ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ,,,,,,^-/%
$%/-^,,,,, PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ,,,,,^-/%$
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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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&$%/-^,,,, BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ,,,,^-/%$&
$%/-^,,,,, SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ,,,,,^-/%$
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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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#&$%/-^,,, SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ,,,^-/%$&#
&$%/-^,,,, PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ,,,,^-/%$&
$%/-^,,,,, TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ,,,,,^-/%$
%/-^,,,,,, THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ,,,,,,^-/%
/-^,,,,,,, MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ,,,,,,,^-/
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^,,,,,,,,, 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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