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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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