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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... &..&&&&..&
.&&&&&&&&. ....&&....
..&&&&&&.. 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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