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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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