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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! ..........
^......... .........^
-^........ 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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