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The last cabin of the day hummed into

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the station. its frosted metal housing clicking as

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it engaged the overhead brakes.

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Leo stepped out onto the sturdy wooden platform.

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the thick timbers groaning pleasantly under his boots.

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All around him. the high -altitude air bit

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sharply into his lungs. carrying the crisp. unmistakable

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scent of coming winter.

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Below the station. a sea of low. bruised

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purple clouds drifted lazily through the mountain pass.

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swallowing the valley in a quiet. early twilight.

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He unzipped his parka slightly. catching his breath

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as he took in the landscape.

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Above. jagged peaks caught the final. fiery embers

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of a chilly autumn dusk. painting the snowfields

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in shades of soft amber and lavender.

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The cable station. perched precariously on the edge

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of the cliffside. felt like the edge of

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the world.

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an outpost suspended between the fading warmth of

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the lower world and the vast. silent kingdom

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of ice above.

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Inside the small ticket office. a yellow lamp

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flickered to life. casting a warm glow across

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the detailed wood texture of the paneled walls.

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Leo smiled. pulling his gloves tighter against the

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rising wind.

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He was completely alone up here. wrapped in

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the profound stillness of the peaks.

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watching the first true snow begin to drift

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softly down from the deepening sky.