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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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