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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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