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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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##@¤@*†=,¨ 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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