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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 .&&.&.&.&.
&.&.&.&.&. 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! ..&.&.&.&.
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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 .&&.&.&.&.
&.&.&.&.&. 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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