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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 ,,,,,=^*¤#
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@@¤¤*^^=,, 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 ,,=^^*¤@@#
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¤**^^=,,,, STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ,,,,=^^**¤
¤*^=,,,,,, BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ,,,,,,=^*¤
###@¤*^^=, SOME GLASS WINDOWS. IT'S... NOT WHERE ,=^^*¤@###
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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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#@¤¤*^^=,, SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ,,=^^*¤¤@#
###¤*^^=,, 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 ,,=^^*¤@##
@¤**^^^=,, 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 ,,=^^****¤
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