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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. ¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨§
§¨§¨¨§§¨¨§ ¨§§§§§§¨§¨
§§§¨§¨§¨§¨ 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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§§¨§§¨§§§§ (situation) §¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§
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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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¨§§¨¨¨§§¨§ 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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