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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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§¨¨¨§§§§§§ 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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