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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! ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
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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... ¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨¨#¨ ¨##¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨##¨ 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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