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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. #&%=;~....
...~;=%&#@ @#&%=;~...
..~;=%&#@# 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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...~;=%&#@ (SITUATION) @#&%=;~...
....~;=%&# #&%=;~....
.....~;=%& 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. &%=;~.....
....~;=%&# #&%=;~....
...~;=%&#@ 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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......~;=% (SITUATION) %=;~......
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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! @#&%=;~...
..~;=%&#@# #@#&%=;~..
...~;=%&#@ 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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