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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 $§=:......
.......:=§ IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT §=:.......
......:=§$ BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. $§=:......
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...:=§$¤¶# PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD #¶¤$§=:...
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..:=§$¤¶## 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. #¶¤$§=:...
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......:=§$ 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 ##¶¤$§=:..
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...:=§$¤¶# 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, #¶¤$§=:...
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......:=§$ PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM $§=:......
.......:=§ TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR §=:.......
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..:=§$¤¶## 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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