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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 @¤%††.¨¨¨¨
¨.~†%¤¤@@# 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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¨.~~†%%%@@ 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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