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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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