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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 ¤¤††==.¨¨¨
¨.=*†$¤@## metal. somehow you can see how heavy ##@¤$†*=.¨
¨.=*†$¤¶@# they are. #@¶¤$†*=.¨
¨.=*†$¤¶@@ @@¶¤$†*=.¨
¨¨¨¨¨=†¤¶¶ 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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¨.=*†††$$¤ = ¤$$†††*=.¨
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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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