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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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