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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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