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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 ,,&,,,,&,,
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,&,,&&&,,, 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 ,,,&,&&,&,
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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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