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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 .,~\\\$§§#
#§$$\,.... METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY ....,\$$§#
####$†\~,. THEY ARE. .,~\†$####
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###§$†\~,. YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A .,~\†$§###
###§$†\~,. CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS .,~\†$§###
##§$$†\~,. 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? ....~†$$§§
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§††\~,.... YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE ....,~\††§
####§$\~,. IT IS INDEED A VERY HIGH SPEED TRAIN .,~\$§####
##$\\\\~,. YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS .,~\\\\$##
###§$†\~,. BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! .,~\†$§###
###§$†\~,. .,~\†$§###
#§†~~,.... SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, ....,~~†§#
###§$†\~,. THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL .,~\†$§###
###§$†\~,. SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN .,~\†$§###
#§$\\,,... PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM ...,,\\$§#
#§§††\,... TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR ...,\††§§#
###§$†\~,. THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN .,~\†$§###
###§$†\~,. MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE .,~\†$§###
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#$$$$†\~,. THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS .,~\†$$$$#
###§$†\~,. NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE .,~\†$§###
###§$†\~,. CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL .,~\†$§###
##§$\~.... YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ....~\$§##
§††\~..... A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, .....~\††§
§§$†\,.... WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ....,\†$§§
###§$†\~,. LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS .,~\†$§###
###§$†\~,. PITCH BLACK INSIDE. .,~\†$§###
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