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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... @§^\.,,,,,
,.-\^^%§§§ §§§%^^\-.,
,.-\^%§@@# 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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