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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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.&.......& 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 ....&&&..&
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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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