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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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§§¨¨¨§§§§¨ (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! ¨§§¨¨§§¨§¨
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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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