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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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##@#&*==,. 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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