'mb' First Steps Outside: language improvements and get rid of contrived section

I didn't like how that section where they return to the train turned out.
(As mentioned in the comment directly following it...)
So I removed it.
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over a bunch of bushes and tall flowers that have taken root on the
tracks before coming to a halt next to a staircase in the center of the
platform.<br />
<span class="speech">Exit to the right</span>, he says in unison with the
automated voice while turning the switch for the doors and gesturing
<span class="speech">Exit to the right</span>, Jack says in unison with
the automated voice while turning the switch for the doors and gesturing
towards the passenger area.<br />
<span class="speech">After you.</span>
</p>
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<span class="speech">Welcome to the outside world. Wanna take a quick
look around?</span><br />
She gets up.<br />
<span class="speech">Sure.</span>
<span class="speech">Sure.</span><br />
Jack uses a key to close the door and they get going.
</p>
<p>
They walk down a flight of stairs taking them to a tunnel under the
platforms. The floor is covered in water so they follow a ledge on the
side. Jack leads Annie up the stairs to the last platform. From there,
they step outside through a side entrance.
The two walk down the flight of stairs in the center of the platform
taking them to an underpass. The floor is covered in water so they follow
a ledge on the side. Jack leads Annie up the stairs to the last platform.
From there, they step outside through a side entrance.
</p>
<p>
Annie is hit by the light and warmth of the setting sun. She closes her
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<span class="speech">Be careful around old buildings.</span>
</p>
<p>
Cautiously stepping back to the edge, Annie looks down. Bushes cover the
hillside below the tall embankment wall that holds the station,
overgrowing everything. The walls of small ruins and half fallen-in
fences stick out here and there, and the bushes are interrupted by what
remains of roads and staircases. Small rivers cut through the landscape.
Annie looks up. The ruins further down the valley are larger the closer
they are to the center of the urban area below.<br />
Cautiously stepping back to the edge, Annie looks down. Bushes overgrow
everything, covering the hillside below the tall sandstone wall holding
the embankment with the station. The walls of small ruins and half
fallen-in fences stick out here and there, and the bushes are interrupted
by what remains of roads and staircases. Small rivers cut through the
landscape. Annie looks up. The ruins further down the valley are larger
the closer they are to the center of the urban area below.<br />
<span class="speech">It&apos;s much bigger than &lt;dome city&gt;.</span>
<br />
<span class="speech">Many things are bigger than &lt;dome city&gt;.
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</p>
<p>
After pointing out some other notable landmarks, Jack decides it is time
to get going. He starts to lead the way, walking to the end of the end of
the station that they entered it from, before abruptly turning to Annie.
<span class="speech">You know what we forgot?</span>
</p>
<p>
They return to the side entrance, walk down the stairs, follow the ledge,
back up the stairs, and end up at the train. Annie puts the documents
back into her bag. Jack grabs the keys from the control panel
<span class="speech">just for good measure</span> and uses one of them to
close the door from the outside.
</p>
<p class="comment">
I don't like this. It feels too contrived. Would have been better if
Jack had just closed the door when they left the train and left it at
that. That also allows for a later scene where someone realizes that
the documents are still in the train.
</p>
<p>
Jack leads the way again, this time walking to the end of the platform
where the tunnels open up into the station. There, they use another
underpass taking them to the end of the balcony-like walkway. It
connects to a wide staircase down from the end of the embankment
where the mountain extends over the tunnels and the back wall of the
station. It leads to a collapsed bridge next to a large waterfall.
Annie marvels at the sheer amount of water flowing by, something that
she has never seen before.
to get going. He starts to lead the way, walking towards the side of the
station that they arrived from. The balcony-like walkway connects to
a wide staircase down from the end of the embankment where the mountain
extends over the tunnels and the back wall of the station. It leads to a
collapsed bridge next to a large waterfall. Annie marvels at the sheer
amount of water flowing by, something that she had never before seen.
</p>
<p>
Jack goes ahead, climbing down the wall where the bridge used to begin
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to follow. After what feels like an eternity, she manages to get half-way
down the wall.<br />
<span class="speech">You can jump from there.</span><br />
<span class="comment">Something interesting needs to happen here.</span>
<br />
They make their way across the fast-flowing river by stepping on large
stones in the water, and continue through the bushes towards Outpost 53.
</p>