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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.           .§.§§.§.§.
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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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§.§..§.§§.                (SITUATION)               .§..§.§.§.
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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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§.§.§§..§.               (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! .§..§.§.§.
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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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