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..=\%$§@## YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RIFT - A ##@§$%\=..
...=\%$§@# CLEARING, NARROW BUT IMMEASURABLY LONG. #@§$%\=...
....=\%$§@ TO YOUR SIDES ARE WALLS MADE OF TREES, @§$%\=....
.....=\%$§ THICK AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN §$%\=.....
....=\%$§@ IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN, BUT NONTHELESS @§$%\=....
...=\%$§@# IT IS VERY BRIGHT - THE AIR FEELS LIGHT #@§$%\=...
..=\%$§@## BLUE, ALMOST WHITE. ##@§$%\=..
...=\%$§@# #@§$%\=...
....=\%$§@ ALONG THE SPAN OF THE CLEARING LAY TWO @§$%\=....
.....=\%$§ PARALLEL SILVERY LINES, DARK HARD §$%\=.....
....=\%$§@ METAL. SOMEHOW YOU CAN SEE HOW HEAVY @§$%\=....
...=\%$§@# THEY ARE. #@§$%\=...
..=\%$§@## ##@§$%\=..
...=\%$§@# THEY EMIT A HIGH PITCHED WHINE... #@§$%\=...
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...=\%$§@# = #@§$%\=...
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...=\%$§@# (SITUATION) #@§$%\=...
....=\%$§@ @§$%\=....
.....=\%$§ YOURE AT THE TRAIN STATION, ON A §$%\=.....
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...=\%$§@# LATE, OR YOU ARE LATE TO THE TRAIN. #@§$%\=...
..=\%$§@## IT'S A SUMMER AFTERNOON AND THE STATION ##@§$%\=..
...=\%$§@# IS BUSY, FULL OF RELAXED CONFIDENCE. #@§$%\=...
....=\%$§@ @§$%\=....
.....=\%$§ YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT §$%\=.....
....=\%$§@ STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING @§$%\=....
...=\%$§@# UP THE STAIRS TO YOUR PLATFORM. THE #@§$%\=...
..=\%$§@## STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ##@§$%\=..
...=\%$§@# PLACED WITHIN EACHOTHER BY SOME #@§$%\=...
....=\%$§@ INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF @§$%\=....
.....=\%$§ STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, §$%\=.....
....=\%$§@ BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH @§$%\=....
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..=\%$§@## IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? ##@§$%\=..
...=\%$§@# #@§$%\=...
....=\%$§@ = @§$%\=....
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..=\%$§@## (SITUATION) ##@§$%\=..
...=\%$§@# #@§$%\=...
....=\%$§@ YOU'RE FINALLY ENTERING THE CITY. WHILE @§$%\=....
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....=\%$§@ YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS @§$%\=....
...=\%$§@# BEEN LONG. BUT IT'S ABOUT TO END! #@§$%\=...
..=\%$§@## ##@§$%\=..
...=\%$§@# SOCIETY IS GROWING DENSER AROUND YOU, #@§$%\=...
....=\%$§@ THROUGH THE WINDOWS YOU SEE FIRST SMALL @§$%\=....
.....=\%$§ SHACKS, BUILT OF METAL AND STONE, THEN §$%\=.....
....=\%$§@ PROPER HOUSES WITH MORTAR TO KEEP THEM @§$%\=....
...=\%$§@# TOGETHER... WHO IN TURN MAKE WAY FOR #@§$%\=...
..=\%$§@## THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, THE URBAN ##@§$%\=..
...=\%$§@# MAZE, PROTECTIVE WALLS, JUNGLE #@§$%\=...
....=\%$§@ NETWORK... @§$%\=....
.....=\%$§ §$%\=.....
....=\%$§@ THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS @§$%\=....
...=\%$§@# NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE #@§$%\=...
..=\%$§@## CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ##@§$%\=..
...=\%$§@# YOU'RE MOVING UPWARD ALONG THE WALL OF #@§$%\=...
....=\%$§@ A BUILDING. IT'S MADE OF SLABBY STONE, @§$%\=....
.....=\%$§ WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES §$%\=.....
....=\%$§@ LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS @§$%\=....
...=\%$§@# PITCH BLACK INSIDE. #@§$%\=...
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