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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... .....:-==@
&@==-:.... ....:-==@&
@&@==-:... 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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