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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 ##@@¤%^=,¨
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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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