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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. ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤ ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤ 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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¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤ 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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