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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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