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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~:
$:~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ catwalk above the rails. your train is ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~:$
@$:~,¨¨¨¨¨ late, or you are late to the train. ¨¨¨¨¨,~:$@
@@$:~,¨¨¨¨ it's a summer afternoon and the station ¨¨¨¨,~:$@@
@@@$:~,¨¨¨ is busy, full of relaxed confidence. ¨¨¨,~:$@@@
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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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