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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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&¤^^.,,,,, PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ,,,,,.^^¤&
&=^.,,,,,, METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ,,,,,,.^=&
#&&¤=~~.,, THEY ARE. ,,.~~=¤&&#
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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 ,,,,,,.^=&
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