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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 ......-††&
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&†††-..... METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY .....-†††&
&&†††».... THEY ARE. ....»†††&&
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#§§††»»... IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ...»»††§§#
@&&§†--... IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ...--†§&&@
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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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#@#&§††»-. 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 ...-††††§&
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