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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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§§¨¨§§§§¨¨ (situation) §¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨ ¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§§ 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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