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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! &&....&.&.
&&&....&.& .&...&&&&&
..&...&&&. 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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