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,,,:«:%$#@ YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A @#$%:«:,,,
,,,,:«:%$# CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. #$%:«:,,,,
,,,,,:«:%$ TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, $%:«:,,,,,
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,,,,:«:%$# 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. #$%:«:,,,,
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,,,,:«:%$# PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME #$%:«:,,,,
,,,,,:«:%$ INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF $%:«:,,,,,
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,,,,,:«:%$ BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH $%:«:,,,,,
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,,,,:«:%$# IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN #$%:«:,,,,
,,,:«:%$#@ YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS @#$%:«:,,,
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,,,,:«:%$# 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 ##@#$%:«:,
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,,,:«:%$#@ 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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