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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 $§†=~.....
......~=†§ SHACKS,  BUILT OF METAL AND  STONE, THEN §†=~......
.......~=† PROPER HOUSES  WITH MORTAR TO  KEEP THEM †=~.......
........~= TOGETHER...  WHO  IN  TURN MAKE WAY  FOR =~........
.........~    THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN   ~.........
..........      MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE      ..........
.........~                NETWORK...                ~.........
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.......~=† THE  TRACKS LEAVE  THE GROUND,  WHICH IS †=~.......
......~=†§ NEEDED  FOR  OTHER   PURPOSES.  YOU  ARE §†=~......
.....~=†§$  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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