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&.....&&&. (situation) .&..&..&.&
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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. ....&&&...
.......&.. ....&.&&..
........&. 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) &....&&&..
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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... &..&.&&...
..&.&&...& .&...&&&..
....&&&... 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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