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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 &....&&..&
..&..&&... IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT &...&.&.&.
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.&...&&.&. PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ..&...&...
&&..&.&&&& METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY .&&..&&...
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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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.&&.&&&..& 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 ..&.&.&.&&
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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 &......&&&
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