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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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¨¨,«/%¤### 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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