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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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.....~†*¤#                (situation)               #¤*†~.....
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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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