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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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