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¨.~\%$&¶## to your sides are walls made of trees, ##¶&$%\~.¨
¨.~\%$&¶## thick and ready to swallow you. the sun ##¶&$%\~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~%$& is nowhere to be seen, but nontheless &$%~.¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨.~\%$&¶## intelligent designer, and full of ##¶&$%\~.¨
¨.~\%$&¶## stairs, elevators, shortcuts, ##¶&$%\~.¨
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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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