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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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&*/~,,,,,, 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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@&*/~,,,,, 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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#@@&*/~,,, YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ,,,~/*&@@#
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&*/~,,,,,, SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ,,,,,,~/*&
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&*/~,,,,,, TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ,,,,,,~/*&
@&*/~,,,,, THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ,,,,,~/*&@
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@&*/~,,,,, 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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