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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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..~-^=%¤## 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 -~........
.......~-^ PITCH BLACK INSIDE. ^-~.......
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