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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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