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§.§.§.§.§.                (SITUATION)               .§.§..§.§.
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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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