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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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####%*\~:¨ BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ¨:~\*%####
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####%*\~:¨ BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ¨:~\*%####
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#%%%%*\~:¨ SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ¨:~\*%%%%#
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####%*\~:¨ TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ¨:~\*%####
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####%*\~:¨ MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ¨:~\*%####
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####%*\~:¨ THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS ¨:~\*%####
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##%%**\~:¨ CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ¨:~\**%%##
####%*\~:¨ YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ¨:~\*%####
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#*\~~:¨¨¨¨ WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ¨¨¨¨:~~\*#
####%*\~:¨ LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ¨:~\*%####
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