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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 .......:~;
$;~:...... it is indeed a very high speed train ......:~;$
£$;~:..... you're traveling in, the journey has .....:~;$£
¶£$;~:.... been long. but it's about to end! ....:~;$£¶
@¶£$;~:... ...:~;$£¶@
#@¶£$;~:.. society is growing denser around you, ..:~;$£¶@#
##@¶£$;~:. through the windows you see first small .:~;$£¶@##
#@¶£$;~:.. shacks, built of metal and stone, then ..:~;$£¶@#
@¶£$;~:... proper houses with mortar to keep them ...:~;$£¶@
¶£$;~:.... together... who in turn make way for ....:~;$£¶
£$;~:..... the industrial buildings, the urban .....:~;$£
$;~:...... maze, protective walls, jungle ......:~;$
;~:....... 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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