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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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