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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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,,,,,,«%§£ 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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