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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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...#..#... 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 ###....#.#
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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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.##..##..# shacks,  built  of metal and stone, then #..###.##.
.#.#.#.#.# proper houses  with mortar  to keep them .#.#..##.#
########## together... who  in  turn make  way  for .####.#.##
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