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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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