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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! .&&.&&&.&&
.&&&&&..&& &.&&..&&..
&....&.&.& 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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