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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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###@$*†»,, YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A ,,»†*$@###
#$$†»,,,,, CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS ,,,,,»†$$#
###@$*†»,, LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. ,,»†*$@###
###@$*†»,, IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ,,»†*$@###
###@$*†»,, IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. ,,»†*$@###
#$**†»,,,, ,,,,»†**$#
@$†»»»»»,, YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ,,»»»»»†$@
###@$*†»,, STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING ,,»†*$@###
@*†»,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,»**@#
#$*»»,,,,, SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN ,,,,,»»*$#
@$$$$*†»,, PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ,,»†*$$$$@
##$†,,,,,, TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ,,,,,,†$##
@*»,,,,,,, THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ,,,,,,,»*@
###@$*†»,, MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE ,,»†*$@###
@**»,,,,,, NETWORK... ,,,,,,»**@
###@$*†»,, ,,»†*$@###
###@$*†»,, THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS ,,»†*$@###
###@$*†»,, NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE ,,»†*$@###
###@$*†»,, CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ,,»†*$@###
###@$*†»,, YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ,,»†*$@###
#$$†»»,,,, 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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