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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.            #@##*§^=..
...=^§*##@                                          @##*§^=...
....=^§*## along the span of  the clearing lay  two ##*§^=....
.....=^§*#     parallel silvery lines, dark hard    #*§^=.....
....=^§*## metal. somehow  you can  see  how  heavy ##*§^=....
...=^§*##@                they are.                 @##*§^=...
..=^§*##@#                                          #@##*§^=..
.=^§*##@## 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! @##*§^=...
....=^§*##                                          ##*§^=....
.....=^§*# 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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