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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. #@#¤&%*~:.
..:~*%&¤#@ @#¤&%*~:..
...:~*%&¤# 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 ..........
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