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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 @%\~.,,,,,
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