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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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^-.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨.-^†@&£##
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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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