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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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