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¨§¨¨§§§§¨§ (situation) ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§§
§§§¨§¨¨¨§§ ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ 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. §§§¨¨§§§§¨
§§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§
¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨ they emit a high pitched whine... ¨¨¨§§§§¨¨§
§¨§§§§§§¨¨ §¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§
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§§¨§¨¨¨¨§§ ¨¨†¨¨ §¨§§¨§¨§¨¨
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¨¨¨§¨§§¨§¨ (situation) §¨§§¨§¨¨¨§
§¨¨§§§¨§§§ ¨§§¨§§§¨¨§
¨§¨§¨¨§§¨¨ 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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§§§§¨§¨¨§§ (situation) ¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨§
¨¨¨¨§§§¨§¨ ¨¨§§§§§§¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨§§§ 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... ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§§§§¨§§§§¨ §§§¨§§¨¨¨§
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§ 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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