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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 #£**^«,,,,
,,,,,«^**£ 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 #£**^«,,,,
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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 ##£**^«,,,
,,,,«^**£# 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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