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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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