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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?           #@&$%;-...
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.........- you're finally entering  the city. while -.........
.......... it is indeed  a  very  high speed  train ..........
.......... you're traveling  in,  the  journey  has ..........
.......... been  long.  but  it's  about   to  end! ..........
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.......... society  is growing  denser around  you, ..........
.......... through the windows you see  first small ..........
.......... shacks,  built of metal and  stone, then ..........
.......... proper houses with  mortar to  keep them ..........
.......... together... who  in  turn make  way  for ..........
..........   the industrial buildings, the urban    ..........
..........      maze, protective walls, jungle      ..........
.........-                network...                -.........
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.......-;% the  tracks leave the  ground, which  is %;-.......
......-;%$ 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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