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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 ¨:«:§§§@##
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##@§§§:«:¨ 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 ¨:«:§§§@##
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#§§§«¨¨¨¨¨ YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ¨¨¨¨¨«§§§#
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#§§§§:«:¨¨ WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ¨¨:«:§§§§#
@@§§§:::¨¨ LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ¨¨:::§§§@@
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