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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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,,»;*$§#@@ CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS @@#§$*;»,,
,,,,,,,»*§ 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 §*»,,,,,,,
,,»;*$§##@ INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF @##§$*;»,,
,,»;*$§#@# STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, #@#§$*;»,,
,,»;*$§@## BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ##@§$*;»,,
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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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,,»;*$§#@# SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, #@#§$*;»,,
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,,»;*$§#@# SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN #@#§$*;»,,
,,»;*$§#@@ PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM @@#§$*;»,,
,,,,,,,»*§ TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR §*»,,,,,,,
,,»;*$§### THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ###§$*;»,,
,,,,,,»*$# MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE #$*»,,,,,,
,,»;*$§#@# NETWORK... #@#§$*;»,,
,,»;$§#@## ##@#§$;»,,
,,»;*$§§§@ THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS @§§§$*;»,,
,,»;*$§#@# NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE #@#§$*;»,,
,,»;*$§#@# CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL #@#§$*;»,,
,,»;$§#@## YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF ##@#§$;»,,
,,»»;;;;$§ A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, §$;;;;»»,,
,,,,»;**$§ WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES §$**;»,,,,
,,»;*$§#@# LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS #@#§$*;»,,
,,»;*$§#@# PITCH BLACK INSIDE. #@#§$*;»,,
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