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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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.^«:†%#### (SITUATION) ####%†:«^.
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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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...^^:::%# 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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