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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 &,,,,,,,&&
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,,&&,,,,,& PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD &&&,,,,,&&
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&&&&,,&,,, THEY ARE. ,,,,,&,,&&
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&&,,,,&&&& YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A ,&&&&&&&&&
&,,&&,,&&& 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 &,,&&,,,,,
&&&,,,,&&, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? ,,,,,,&&&&
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,&&&&,,&&, YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE ,&&,,&&&&,
,,&&,,,,,, 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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