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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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