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¨,«\*¤§### you find yourself in a rift - a ###§¤*\«,¨
¨,«\*¤§§@@ 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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