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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! ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ §§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ 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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