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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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