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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ - ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~- (situation) -~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~-* *-~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~-*% 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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¨¨~-*%%§## (situation) ##§%%*-~¨¨
¨¨¨~-*%%§# #§%%*-~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~-*%%§ 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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