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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 ,,,,,,,,~-
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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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