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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! &&&.&..&..
&.&&&..&.. &..&&&.&&.
&&&..&.&&. 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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