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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. ####¤**«~.
..~~««**¤# #¤**««~~..
.~«**¤#### 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! ##¤*«.....
.....~***# #***~.....
...~«**¤## 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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