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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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#&&¤¤*=~,. 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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