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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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