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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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&.&.&&..&& 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 &.&&&.&&&&
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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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