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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 ####&$;-^.
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.......... YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE ..........
.......... IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ..........
.......... YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ..........
.........^ BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! ^.........
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.......^-; SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ;-^.......
......^-;$ 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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