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&&&.&&&&.& TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ..&&......
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&&.&.&..&. IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS .&&&&&....
&.&&&&&.&& IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT &&....&...
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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 ...&&...&.
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.&..&&.... 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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.......&.. 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 ..&.&&....
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...&&&&.&. CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL &&&&&&&&&&
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&&.&&..&.. 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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