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@&&=:-~¨¨¨ (SITUATION) ¨¨¨~-:=&&@
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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 ¨~-:=&&@@#
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@&&=:-~¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨~-:=&&@
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#@@&&=:-~¨ IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ¨~-:=&&@@#
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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 ¨~-:=&&@@#
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@&&=:-~¨¨¨ 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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@&&=:-~¨¨¨ 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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