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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. @§$%:-:¨¨¨
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¨:-:%$§@@# 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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