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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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##$^=:¨¨¨¨ ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO ¨¨¨¨:=^$##
@$^==::¨¨¨ PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD ¨¨¨::==^$@
#@@$^^=~:¨ METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ¨:~=^^$@@#
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####@$=~:¨ THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... ¨:~=$@####
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#@$^^=~::¨ CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS ¨::~=^^$@#
@^~::¨¨¨¨¨ LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ¨¨¨¨¨::~^@
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###@$^=~:¨ IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ¨:~=^$@###
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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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###@$^=~:¨ YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ¨:~=^$@###
#@^====~:¨ 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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