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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! ...&..&&.&
.&&&...... ..&&.&.&&&
&..&...... 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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