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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. @..@......
..@@@...@. .@..@.....
..@.@@.... 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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