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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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