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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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