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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 ##@¤@=;~:.
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.:~;=@¤@## CATWALK ABOVE THE RAILS. YOUR TRAIN IS ##@¤@=;~:.
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.:~;=@¤### YOU'RE IN HIGH SPIRITS, ALTHOUGH A BIT ###¤@=;~:.
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.:~;=@¤@## STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, ##@¤@=;~:.
.:~;=@¤¤¤¤ BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ¤¤¤¤@=;~:.
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.:~;=@¤@## YOU'RE TRAVELING IN, THE JOURNEY HAS ##@¤@=;~:.
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.:~;=@¤@## 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 @@@¤@=;~:.
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.:~;=@¤@## 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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