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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨:=^^¤
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#@@@¤^^=:¨ INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ¨:=^^¤@@@#
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@@¤^^=:¨¨¨ BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ¨¨¨:=^^¤@@
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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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#@@@¤^^=:¨ PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ¨:=^^¤@@@#
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=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
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