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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... %=:-,,,,,,
,,,,,-:=%§ §%=:-,,,,,
,,,,-:=%§¶ 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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