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<h1>Fine Print</h1>
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<p>
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the fact that Mary sits in the front is already a given
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They drive on a dirt road alongside the dried-out <span class="comment">
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river name</span>. The road is in pretty poor condition and they get
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shaken thoroughly.<br />
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Mary appears to be having a blast:
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<span class="quote speech">Faster! Faster!</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">I don't think Annie would appreciate
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that.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Aww.</span><br />
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Annie says <span class="quote speech">thanks</span> from the rear seats.
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</p>
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<p>
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assumptions:
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- walking speed: 5km/h
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- driving speed: 20 km/h
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- walking time: 30 min
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-> distance is 2.5km
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-> speed = distance / time
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-> time * speed = distance
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-> time = distance / speed
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-> time = 2.5km / 20 km/h
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-> time = 0.125h
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-> time = 7.5 min
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After a bit less than ten minutes of driving, Mary points to a structure
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extending into the river bed and says:
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<span class="quote speech">That's it.</span><br />
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Jack pulls over and parks the truck, and they get out. They walk through
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the tall grass towards the structure. A bridge further upstream catches
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Jack's attention.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Is that a road or a railway?</span><br />
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Mary says: <span class="quote speech">Railway – why?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">What's the condition like?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Not sure, it's been a while...
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We used to play there as kids, we even got a railcar to move once.</span>
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<span class="quote speech">Sounds like serviceable enough to me. Do you
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know where it goes?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">There's a train station a bit that way,
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with a bunch of other ruins in the area.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">And the other direction?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">I don't know. We followed it pretty far,
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the only thing we found is a switch.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Okay. Would be incredibly useful if that ended
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up somewhere in Ivydale.</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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They reach the structure. It's the entrance to a tunnel
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with a few walls that pertrude into the river and two
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<span class="comment">weers? translate: Stauwehre / Wehre</span>, one for
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controlling the <span class="comment">inflow? tanslate: Zufluss</span>,
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one for a bypass. The floor of the tunnel sits significantly beneath
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the river bed and, while the river bed is completely dry, there is still
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some water inside.
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- trockenes Wehr am Einlass
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- water in the tunnel
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- bridge nearby
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- look at the large buried tank / branching point
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- go upstream to see where the river has gone
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</p>
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