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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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