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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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.@@@@....@ 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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