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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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