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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. #£*§\:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:\§*£## ##£*§\:¨¨¨
¨¨:\§*£### 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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