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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. §%===~¨¨¨¨
¨:~=†%§@@@ @@@§%†=~:¨
¨:~=†%§@## YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ##@§%†=~:¨
¨:~=†%§@@@ STRESSED ABOUT THE TIME, WHILE MOVING @@@§%†=~:¨
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¨:~=†%§@## STATION IS IN SEVERAL LEVELS, ALL ##@§%†=~:¨
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¨:~=†%§@## 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 ##@§%†=~:¨
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¨:~=†%§@@# 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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