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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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