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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 ##¶@%†*=,¨
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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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¨,=*†%@¶## 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... ¶@††*,¨¨¨¨
¨,=*†%@¶## ##¶@%†*=,¨
¨,=*†%%%@¶ THE TRACKS LEAVE THE GROUND, WHICH IS ¶@%%%†*=,¨
¨¨¨¨,**%¶# NEEDED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. YOU ARE #¶%**,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨=†%@¶¶ CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL ¶¶@%†=¨¨¨¨
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¨,=*†%@¶## WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES ##¶@%†*=,¨
¨,==***†%@ LOOKING OUT THE WAY YOU CAME. IT IS @%†***==,¨
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