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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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