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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 #..##.##.#
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#..##..#.# along the span of  the clearing lay  two ...##.#...
#.#.#.###.    parallel silvery lines, dark hard     ..#.###..#
######..#. metal.  somehow  you  can see how  heavy .###..#.#.
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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 .#...##.#.
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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   #.....##.#
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####...... the  tracks leave the  ground, which  is #.##.#.#..
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####..##.# a  building. it's  made of slabby stone, ###..##.##
...#.#.##.     with great glassless window holes    ..#.#.##..
..#####.## looking  out the  way  you  came. it  is .#####.#..
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