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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! #¤§«::¨¨¨¨
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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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