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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. ##@§§%/«:,
,:«/%§§@## ##@§§%/«:,
,,,:«/%%%§ 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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,:«/%§§@## 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 ##@§§%/«:,
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,:«/%§@### INTELLIGENT DESIGNER, AND FULL OF ###@§%/«:,
,:«/%%%§@@ STAIRS, ELEVATORS, SHORTCUTS, @@§%%%/«:,
,:«/%§§@## BAZAARS... YOU SIGHT YOUR TRAIN THROUGH ##@§§%/«:,
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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! ##@§§%/«:,
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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 ##@§§%/«:,
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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 #@§§§%/«:,
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