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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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