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...~-;§£@# #@£§;-~...
..~-;§£@## (SITUATION) ##@£§;-~..
.~-;§£@### ###@£§;-~.
..~-;§£@## 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) ###@£§;-~.
..~-;§£@## ##@£§;-~..
...~-;§£@# 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... @£§;-~....
...~-;§£@# #@£§;-~...
..~-;§£@## 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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