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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 ##&====~:¨
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¨:~==&#### 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 ####&==~:¨
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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 ####&==~:¨
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¨:~==&#### STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ####&==~:¨
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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, ####&==~:¨
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¨:~==##### PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM #####==~:¨
¨:~==&#### TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ####&==~:¨
¨:~==&#### THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ####&==~:¨
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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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