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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 @¶#$^^=~..
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...~=^^$#¶ 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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