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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 ¨¨¨¨::;%&#
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###@&%;=:¨ PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ¨:=;%&@###
###@&%;=:¨ METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ¨:=;%&@###
###@&%;=:¨ THEY ARE. ¨:=;%&@###
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###@&%;=:¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨:;%&#
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###@&%;=:¨ 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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###@&%;=:¨ 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 ¨:=;%&@###
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###@&%;=:¨ 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 ¨:=;%&@###
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###@&%;=:¨ WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ¨:=;%&@###
@&&&;==¨¨¨ LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ¨¨¨==;&&&@
###@&%;=:¨ PITCH BLACK INSIDE. ¨:=;%&@###
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