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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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&%**»^,,,, ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ,,,,^»**%&
%**»^,,,,, PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ,,,,,^»**%
**»^,,,,,, METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ,,,,,,^»**
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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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