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§,§,§,§§,§                (SITUATION)               §,§,§§,§,§
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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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§,§,§,,§,,                (SITUATION)               §,§,,§,§,,
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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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