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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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