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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 ¨,=:*¤§@@#
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§**:::,¨¨¨ PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ¨¨¨,:::**§
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@@@§¤*:=,¨ THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ¨,=:*¤§@@@
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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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§§*==¨¨¨¨¨ 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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@@¤¤**:=,¨ 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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