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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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@¤¤¤%§†»., 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. ,.»†§§§¤@@
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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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#@@¤%§†»., 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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