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##*$†~.,,, TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ,,,.~†$*##
#*$†~.,,,, THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ,,,,.~†$*#
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###*$†~.,, PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ,,.~†$*###
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##*$†~.,,, CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS ,,,.~†$*##
#*$†~.,,,, LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ,,,,.~†$*#
*$†~.,,,,, IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ,,,,,.~†$*
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##*$†~.,,, STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ,,,.~†$*##
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$†~.,,,,,, IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ,,,,,,.~†$
*$†~.,,,,, YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ,,,,,.~†$*
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###*$†~.,, SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ,,.~†$*###
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#*$†~.,,,, TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ,,,,.~†$*#
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###*$†~.,, NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE ,,.~†$*###
####*$†~., CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ,.~†$*####
###*$†~.,, YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ,,.~†$*###
##*$†~.,,, A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, ,,,.~†$*##
#*$†~.,,,, WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ,,,,.~†$*#
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