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¨:~==$@@## YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A ##@@$==~:¨
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¨:~==$@@@# THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN #@@@$==~:¨
¨:~==$@@@# IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS #@@@$==~:¨
¨:~==$@@@# IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT #@@@$==~:¨
¨:~==$@@@# BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. #@@@$==~:¨
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¨:~==$@@@# THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... #@@@$==~:¨
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¨:~==$@@@# IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION #@@@$==~:¨
¨:~==$@@@# IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. #@@@$==~:¨
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¨:~==$@@@# YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT #@@@$==~:¨
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¨:~==$@@@@ SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, @@@@$==~:¨
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¨:~==$@@## SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ##@@$==~:¨
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¨:~==$@@@# TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR #@@@$==~:¨
¨:~==$@@@@ THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN @@@@$==~:¨
¨:~==$@@@# MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE #@@@$==~:¨
¨:~==$@@@@ NETWORK... @@@@$==~:¨
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¨:~==$@@@# CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL #@@@$==~:¨
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¨:~==$@@@# A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, #@@@$==~:¨
¨¨¨¨~==$@@ WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES @@$==~¨¨¨¨
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