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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. ..&&&.&&..
.&&&..&... .&..&&.&..
&..&.&&... 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! &&.....&&&
&.&&&.&.&. .&....&..&
&&..&&&&&. 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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