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$=*~,,,,,, it's a summer afternoon and the station ,,,,,,~*=$
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&$=*~,,,,, up the stairs to your platform. the ,,,,,~*=$&
#&$=*~,,,, station is in several levels, all ,,,,~*=$&#
##&$=*~,,, placed within eachother by some ,,,~*=$&##
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##&$=*~,,, stairs, elevators, shortcuts, ,,,~*=$&##
#&$=*~,,,, bazaars... you sight your train through ,,,,~*=$&#
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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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*~,,,,,,,, through the windows you see first small ,,,,,,,,~*
=*~,,,,,,, shacks, built of metal and stone, then ,,,,,,,~*=
$=*~,,,,,, proper houses with mortar to keep them ,,,,,,~*=$
&$=*~,,,,, together... who in turn make way for ,,,,,~*=$&
#&$=*~,,,, the industrial buildings, the urban ,,,,~*=$&#
##&$=*~,,, maze, protective walls, jungle ,,,~*=$&##
###&$=*~,, network... ,,~*=$&###
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#&$=*~,,,, the tracks leave the ground, which is ,,,,~*=$&#
&$=*~,,,,, needed for other purposes. you are ,,,,,~*=$&
$=*~,,,,,, carried gently, curving upwards until ,,,,,,~*=$
=*~,,,,,,, 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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