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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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#@#¤§*/~.¨ STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ¨.~/*§¤#@#
#@#¤§*/~.¨ UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE ¨.~/*§¤#@#
¤§*//..¨¨¨ STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ¨¨¨..//*§¤
¤§§§§*/~.¨ PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME ¨.~/*§§§§¤
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#@#¤§*/~.¨ 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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