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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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##@&§††»-. 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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#§§††»»... IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ...»»††§§#
@&&§†--... IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ...--†§&&@
#@#&§††»-. .-»††§@#
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#&§§†††»-. UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE .-»†††§§
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&§†»--.... INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ....--»†§&
&†††»----. STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, .----»†††&
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#@#&§††»-. 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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#@#&§††»-. 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 .....»††&&
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@@#&§††»-. NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE .-»††§@@
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##&††».... A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, ....»††#
&††††»»... WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ...»»††††&
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