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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. ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨ 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§ 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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