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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. #@£#@=^«:¨
¨¨:«^=@#£@ @£#@=^«:¨¨
¨¨¨:«^=@#£ 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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