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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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