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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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