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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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! ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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