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&&&.&&...& (situation) &&&&.&...&
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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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...&&.&&&& (situation) .&&.&...&.
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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! &.......&&
.&.&&.&&&. .&......&.
.&&&.&&..& 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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