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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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###@%^†»:¨ IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ¨:»†^%@###
###@%^†»:¨ IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ¨:»†^%@###
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#@@%††»»:¨ 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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###@%^†»:¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:†%@
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###@%^†»:¨ 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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