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