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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. ##¶§¤*†=^.
..^=†*¤§¶# #¶§¤*†=^..
...^=†*¤§¶ 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 §¤*†=^....
.....^=†*¤ SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ¤*†=^.....
......^=†* IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? *†=^......
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....^=†*¤§ = §¤*†=^....
...^=†*¤§¶ ^^¤^^ ¶§¤*†=^...
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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, ¶§¤*†=^...
..^=†*¤§¶# 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... *†=^......
.....^=†*¤ ¤*†=^.....
....^=†*¤§ 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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