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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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