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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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