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@@@&$^=»~. YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A .~»=^$&@@@
@&&&$^=»~. CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. .~»=^$&&&@
#@@&$^=»~. TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, .~»=^$&@@#
@&&$$^=»~. THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN .~»=^$$&&@
#@@&$^=»~. IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS .~»=^$&@@#
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#@@&$^=»~. ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO .~»=^$&@@#
@@@&$^=»~. PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD .~»=^$&@@@
#@@&$^=»~. METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY .~»=^$&@@#
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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. ....»^^^&@
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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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##@&$^=»~. IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN .~»=^$&@##
#@@&$^=»~. YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS .~»=^$&@@#
#@@&$^=»~. BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! .~»=^$&@@#
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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 ......~»^&
#@@&$^=»~. LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS .~»=^$&@@#
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