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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. ,^=†=¤@@##
#@@¤=†=^,, ,,^=†=¤@@#
@@¤=†=^,,, 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! ,,,,,,^=†=
†=^,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,^=†
=†=^,,,,,, 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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