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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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####%=\~,¨ 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 ¨,~\=%¤###
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###¤%=\~,¨ STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ¨,~\=%¤###
¤===~~,,¨¨ PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ¨¨,,~~===¤
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#¤=\,¨¨¨¨¨ STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ¨¨¨¨¨,\=¤#
###¤%=\~,¨ BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ¨,~\=%¤###
#%%\,,,,,¨ SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ¨,,,,,\%%#
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###¤%=\~,¨ IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ¨,~\=%¤###
#¤=~,¨¨¨¨¨ YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ¨¨¨¨¨,~=¤#
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¤=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=¤
#¤=\\\~~,¨ THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ¨,~~\\\=¤#
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¤¤==\\\~,¨ PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ¨,~\\\==¤¤
###¤%=\~,¨ TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ¨,~\=%¤###
¤%%%\,,¨¨¨ THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ¨¨¨,,\%%%¤
###¤%=\~,¨ MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ¨,~\=%¤###
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~=¤¤
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####¤%=\~¨ WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ¨~\=%¤####
###¤%=\~,¨ LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ¨,~\=%¤###
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