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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨.*@#
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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 ¨.»**@&###
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#&&****».¨ UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ¨.»****&&#
#@*».¨¨¨¨¨ STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ¨¨¨¨¨.»*@#
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###&@**».¨ 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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&&&@***».¨ 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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###&@**».¨ THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL ¨.»**@&###
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###&@**».¨ PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ¨.»**@&###
####&@*».¨ TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ¨.»*@&####
###&@**».¨ THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ¨.»**@&###
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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 ¨.»**@&###
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###&@**».¨ WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ¨.»**@&###
#@*.¨¨¨¨¨¨ LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ¨¨¨¨¨¨.*@#
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