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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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#@@@$=^~,¨ THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ¨,~^=$@@@#
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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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#@=~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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