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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 ,,..~†%%&#
#&$%%%†~., IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS ,.~†%%%$&#
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#$$%†.,,,, PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ,,,,.†%$$#
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&$†~..,,,, LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ,,,,..~†$&
##&$†.,,,, IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ,,,,.†$&##
#&%%~,,,,, IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ,,,,,~%%&#
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###&$%†~., STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ,.~†%$&###
###&$%†~., UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ,.~†%$&###
#&$$$%†~., STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ,.~†%$$$&#
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###&$%†~., INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ,.~†%$&###
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#$%†.,,,,, BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ,,,,,.†%$#
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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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###&$%†~., SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ,.~†%$&###
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###&$%†~., PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ,.~†%$&###
###&$%†~., TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ,.~†%$&###
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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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