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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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......,«== 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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....,«==%¤ 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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.....,«==% 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 ¶¤%==«,...
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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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