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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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