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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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....:-:%&@ (SITUATION) @&%:-:....
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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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