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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^@
£@^~:¨¨¨¨¨ blue, almost white. ¨¨¨¨¨:~^@£
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@@£@^~:¨¨¨ along the span of the clearing lay two ¨¨¨:~^@£@@
#@@£@^~:¨¨ parallel silvery lines, dark hard ¨¨:~^@£@@#
##@@£@^~:¨ metal. somehow you can see how heavy ¨:~^@£@@##
#@@£@^~:¨¨ they are. ¨¨:~^@£@@#
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@£@^~:¨¨¨¨ they emit a high pitched whine... ¨¨¨¨:~^@£@
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~^@
£@^~:¨¨¨¨¨ network... ¨¨¨¨¨:~^@£
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@@£@^~:¨¨¨ the tracks leave the ground, which is ¨¨¨:~^@£@@
#@@£@^~:¨¨ 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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