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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... ,,,,,,,,~~
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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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