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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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&&&&.&&.&. 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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