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...=**§§¶#                (situation)               #¶§§**=...
..=**§§¶##                                          ##¶§§**=..
...=**§§¶# 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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....=**§§¶               (situation)                ¶§§**=....
...=**§§¶#                                          #¶§§**=...
..=**§§¶## 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)                #¶§§**=...
..=**§§¶##                                          ##¶§§**=..
...=**§§¶# 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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