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#@@£@\-.¨¨ to your sides are walls made of trees, ¨¨.-\@£@@#
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£@\-.¨¨¨¨¨ it is very bright - the air feels light ¨¨¨¨¨.-\@£
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#@@£@\-.¨¨ metal. somehow you can see how heavy ¨¨.-\@£@@#
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#@@£@\-.¨¨ catwalk above the rails. your train is ¨¨.-\@£@@#
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@£@\-.¨¨¨¨ it's a summer afternoon and the station ¨¨¨¨.-\@£@
£@\-.¨¨¨¨¨ is busy, full of relaxed confidence. ¨¨¨¨¨.-\@£
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#@@£@\-.¨¨ station is in several levels, all ¨¨.-\@£@@#
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#@@£@\-.¨¨ intelligent designer, and full of ¨¨.-\@£@@#
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@£@\-.¨¨¨¨ bazaars... you sight your train through ¨¨¨¨.-\@£@
£@\-.¨¨¨¨¨ some glass windows. it's... not where ¨¨¨¨¨.-\@£
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#@@£@\-.¨¨ through the windows you see first small ¨¨.-\@£@@#
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#@@£@\-.¨¨ proper houses with mortar to keep them ¨¨.-\@£@@#
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#@@£@\-.¨¨ carried gently, curving upwards until ¨¨.-\@£@@#
##@@£@\-.¨ you're moving upward along the wall of ¨.-\@£@@##
#@@£@\-.¨¨ a building. it's made of slabby stone, ¨¨.-\@£@@#
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