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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. ¨¨-=†%@¤@#
##@¤@%†=-¨ ¨-=†%@¤@##
#@¤@%†=-¨¨ 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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##@¤@%†=-¨ (situation) ¨-=†%@¤@##
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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! ¨¨¨-=†%@¤@
#@¤@%†=-¨¨ ¨¨-=†%@¤@#
##@¤@%†=-¨ 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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