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,-~*$%#¶## YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A ##¶#%$*~-,
,,----*%¶¶ CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. ¶¶%*----,,
,-~*$%#¶## TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, ##¶#%$*~-,
,-~*$#¶### THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ###¶#$*~-,
,-~*$$%%¶¶ IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS ¶¶%%$$*~-,
,-~*$%#¶## IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT ##¶#%$*~-,
,-~*$%#¶## BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ##¶#%$*~-,
,-~*$%#¶## ##¶#%$*~-,
,,,,,,,~$# ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO #$~,,,,,,,
,-~*$%¶### PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ###¶%$*~-,
,,---*%%## METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ##%%*---,,
,-~*$%#¶## THEY ARE. ##¶#%$*~-,
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,-~*$%#¶## THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ##¶#%$*~-,
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,,,-*$$### YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A ###$$*-,,,
,,,-~~$#¶¶ CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS ¶¶#$~~-,,,
,-~*$%#¶## LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ##¶#%$*~-,
,-~*$%#¶## IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ##¶#%$*~-,
,,,-*$%%¶¶ IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ¶¶%%$*-,,,
,-~*$%#¶## ##¶#%$*~-,
,,-~**$%%¶ YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ¶%%$**~-,,
,-~*$%#¶## STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ##¶#%$*~-,
,-~*$%#¶## UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ##¶#%$*~-,
,,,-~~$$%¶ STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ¶%$$~~-,,,
,-~*$$$$## PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ##$$$$*~-,
,-~*$%#¶## INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ##¶#%$*~-,
,,,-*$$$$# STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, #$$$$*-,,,
,,,~~~*$%¶ BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ¶%$*~~~,,,
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,-~*$%#¶## IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? ##¶#%$*~-,
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,-~*$%#¶## YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE ##¶#%$*~-,
,-~*$%%%#¶ IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ¶#%%%$*~-,
,,,~~*$$## YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ##$$*~~,,,
,,,,,,,~$# BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! #$~,,,,,,,
,-~*$%#¶## ##¶#%$*~-,
,-~*$%#### SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ####%$*~-,
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,-~*$%%%¶¶ PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ¶¶%%%$*~-,
,-*$%#¶### TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ###¶#%$*-,
,-~*$%#¶## THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ##¶#%$*~-,
,-~*$%###¶ MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ¶###%$*~-,
,--~~**$%# NETWORK... #%$**~~--,
,,,--~*$#¶ ¶#$*~--,,,
,-~*$%#¶## THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS ##¶#%$*~-,
,-~*$%#¶## NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE ##¶#%$*~-,
,,,,~*$### CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ###$*~,,,,
,-~*$%#¶## YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ##¶#%$*~-,
,-~*$%#¶## A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, ##¶#%$*~-,
,-~*$%#¶## WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ##¶#%$*~-,
,-~*$%#¶## LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ##¶#%$*~-,
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